Storm Ernesto to bring heavy rain and thunder over weekend but temperatures still to hit up to 25C

Tourists shelter from the rain on O'Connell Street in Dublin City. Picture: Damien Eagers

Allison Bray

THE remnants of a tropical rainstorm are headed our way this weekend, as Storm Ernesto is expected to hit Ireland on Saturday night.

The fifth-named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is currently brewing over the North Atlantic.