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1.  A.I. on RTE TV News
David Moore of Astronomy Ireland was today interviewed by Will Goodbody of RTE News about the return to Earth of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and two others of the Expedition 35 crew, Roman Romanenko and Tom Marshburn.
 
Hadfield has shot to fame thanks to his interaction with people over the Internet throughout his mission, and he gained a special following by Irish people when he tweeted the first Irish words from space, and sang 'Danny Boy' on St Patrick's Day.
 
David's RTE interview will be broadcast this evening on the Six One News.
 
If you miss it, be sure to check www.youtube.ie/astronomyireland where we will have it saved after it is broadcast.
 
We plan to invite Commander Hadfield to speak in Dublin in the future - stay tuned!
 
 
2.  A.I. in the Evening Herald
Astronomy Ireland's Conor Farrell was in last Friday's Evening Herald talking about the fireball spotted over the UK and the east of Ireland. Conor gave his explanation as to where the fireball may have come from, and gave advice on how to best watch out for meteors in the sky. You can read the piece online HERE.
 
If you have a copy of that issue of the Evening Herald, we would be grateful if you could post us that page to the address on www.astronomy.ie/map so that we can save it in our scrapbook for posterity!
 
If you or anyone you know say the fireball, please send us a report at www.astronomy.ie/fireball
 
 
3.  Dr Cormac O'Raifeartaigh in The Irish Times
Astronomy Ireland regular speaker Dr Cormac O'Raifeartaigh features in today's Irish Times, where he gives an account of a week in his life.
 
Dr O'Raifeartaigh is a renowned Irish physicist based in Waterford IT, who has given several extremely popular lectures for Astronomy Ireland where he explained everything from the Big Bang and the origins of the Universe right up to modern physics at CERN and the likely discovery of the famous Higgs Boson. Order DVDs of his lectures on www.astronomy.ie/DVD
 
You can read the piece in the Irish Times either in print or online HERE.
 
 

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