Designed in Ireland, assembled in Australia, pointed at the stars
In the 1860s the Dublin engineer Thomas Grubb built the world’s most advanced telescope
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Irish scientists discover how the disturbances in the sun impact on Earth
Trinity team examines bursts of radiation on sun called solar flares
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Brendan Parsons, 78: ‘How many rooms are there in the castle? It depends on what you call a room’
The Generations series, charting the experience of Irish people through the decades, by Rosita Boland, reaches 70-year-olds in Saturday's Irish Times. Here we preview the voices from that decade with the seventh Earl of Rosse
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