1+ hour, 29+ min ago   (1084+ words) Hundreds queued down George’s Street on Wednesday morning to be in with a chance of grabbing one of the last pairs of solar eclipse glasses available in Dublin. Designist, who had already sold out of the glasses twice in the…...

3+ hour, 40+ min ago   (467+ words) Live internet broadcasts from a moving ship were in their infancy in August 1999 when The Irish Times set out to capture a total eclipse of the sun. The optimum place to see it was deemed to be from the deck…...

4+ hour, 50+ min ago   (122+ words) Gavin Cooney was speaking to Aideen Finnegan for the In the News Podcast. Will you be watching the eclipse tonight? To enjoy the spectacle safely, never look at the sun with the naked eye, even with sunglasses on. Video: Rebecca…...

5+ hour, 33+ min ago   (250+ words) Views are set to be best in the southwest – but proper eye protection is essential The closest to a complete solar eclipse most of us are ever likely to see will occur at sunset on Wednesday, August 12th. A total…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (703+ words) The online forums are abuzz as people debate potential cloud cover and trade tips on the best viewing points. Hours before wide swathes of Spain were set to experience the country’s first total solar eclipse in more than a century,…...

13+ hour, 5+ min ago   (592+ words) Last October, the cover of the international journal Science featured a haunting picture of a bird in flight during a total solar eclipse. The story was a large-scale study of bird behaviour during the 2024 eclipse across North America. Researchers using…...

9+ hour, 48+ min ago   (308+ words) But if you are planning on capturing it on camera, you need to take precautions — or risk damaging your camera or phone permanently. Camera lenses act like magnifying glasses, focusing light onto the sensor. The longer you point the camera…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (551+ words) More than a week after tens of thousands of migrants crossed a land border into Spanish territory from Morocco, residents of the city of Ceuta are demanding a resolution of the crisis, amid fears of another mass crossing. On July…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1300+ words) In a world of screens and urban haze, more people are finding something restorative in the act of staring up at an unblemished, uncompromising night sky. Three sites in Ireland boast “dark sky status”, meaning they have been officially recognised…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (266+ words) Passport, nationality and visa checks ⁠would ​be conducted for Italian ​passengers and visitors ‌from other countries Spain announces immediate border controls with Italy in migration dispute Passport, nationality and visa checks ⁠to ​be conducted…...