We are delighted that once again our experts Dr Clare Tuffy and Dr Frank Prendergast will be joining us on the #Livestream at #Newgrange for the #WinterSolstice tomorrow morning at 8.40 UTC. See the link below cutt.ly/Wintersolstice **Please accept the cookies**

What an end to a wonderful day. The sunlight from the setting sun shining into Dowth🌅 📷 Joanne 📷 Andrew #Dowth #sunset #BruNaBoinne

Wouldn’t it be nice if this major supplier had just one dark sky friendly porch light in stock, considering its proximity to a dark sky park. Just one ☝️ #missingatrick

London folk! Does anyone what event was creating this light show at 1.23 am(!) last night? For directions, the lights were heading in a line toward the centre of town from chiswick/Hammersmith. Or was it a Close Encounter?

A huge thank you to everyone who has taken action for pollinators this year Pollinator numbers may still be in decline, but our records show that local populations are increasing where actions are being taken to help them What we're doing is working, let's do more in 2025 🐝💚

m.independent.ie/regionals/mayo… Irish Independent DarkSky International

Aurora alert! Go outside away from city lights and look north. Aurora seen as far south as Co Waterford (at ~6pm). Follow live geomagnetic conditions at magie.ie. iPhone photo by Peter T Gallagher

A wonderful start to the year, happy new Aurora! This is what awaited me at Portavade last night - a fabulous SAR arc looking east towards Knocknarea. 🧵 ….

Thanks Community Foundation Ireland for supporting DarkSkyIreland in its goal to protect and restore dark skies in Ireland. Nice video! #endlightpollution

*Red Weather Warning* Due to the current Red Weather Warning in place for Co. Mayo, valid from 04:00 Friday 24/01/2025 to 12:00 24/01/2025, the Ballycroy Visitor Centre site will remain closed until 11:00 am on Saturday, 25/01/2025. Please take care and stay safe.

🌟NEW VIDEO ALERT 🌟 Have you ever wondered how light pollution impacts the world around us? Check out our new video with thanks to our partners at Community Foundation Ireland and learn how you can make a difference! #endlightpollution #darkskyireland #environmentalawareness #darkskies

Great news for #Ballina as the organising committee announce none other than Dr. Norah Patten as the Grand Marshal of this years #StPatricksDayParade. Read more here: northmayo.ie/grand-marshall… Dr. Norah Patten 🚀 Ballina Chamber

We barked up that particular tree at U.S. Department of Energy for the last two years of the Biden Administration and hardly got the time of day from staff. The agency seemed to think that the arrival of LED solved all the problems, and they simply moved on to air conditioners and whatnot.

Our ONLINE Only event for Irish Astronomy Week 4th March 7.30pm us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… Dr Niall Smith “The Universe through the Quotes of Carl Sagan” this beautiful talk was last heard at the Mayo Dark Sky Festival 2024. #palebluedot

On #WorldBeeDay, we're delighted to launch a new, free online course: Managing Communities for Pollinators🐝 Everything you need to know about transforming your community for pollinators, from reduced mowing regimes to planting schemes Sign up here tinyurl.com/s6ajcpcc

#NoMowMay is over, but why not keep going with #LetItBloomJune & #HelpThemFlyJuly? Reducing mowing throughout the summer is one of the best things you can do for pollinators Mow less and help local, native wildflowers grow naturally.