Only 5 per cent of Ireland’s night skies are free from artificial light, says expert

First survey of night-time light will seek citizens’ participation

Playing with the curriclum: What should your children learn and how?

Play based learning is just one of the major changes planned for primary schools; how effective is it?

TV industry still thrilled to make it through to next week

From ‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ to ‘The Apprentice’, elimination formats are going nowhere

Frankie Sheahan-founded Pendulum sees profit triple

Events company founded by former rugby international posts profit of €254,229

Chris Hadfield expresses disbelief over death of David Bowie

Former astronaut performed star’s song ‘Space Oddity’ in space

Pat Kenny’s ‘In the Round’ show axed by UTV

UTV Ireland says it is looking forward to working on ‘future projects’ with Kenny

Claire Byrne beats Pat Kenny but ‘Corrie’ still wins Mondays

‘Pat Kenny in the Round’ lifts 9pm slot for UTV Ireland but soap fans switch off

Áine Lawlor and Finbar Furey receive Lord Mayor’s Awards

Christy Burke chooses four individuals and two groups for contribution to Dublin city

UTV ‘well-positioned’ to benefit from ad market upturn, says Merrion

In the long term, UTV Ireland channel ‘will do well’, according to stockbrokers

Facebook page leads to Old Carlow Photos book

It all began when Dermot O’Brien decided to clear out his attic

Chris Hadfield, Ireland’s favourite astronaut, returns to Dublin

‘I’ve done the things that are not only in my heart, but are worthwhile doing’

Astronaut Chris Hadfield receives gold medal from Trinity

Hadfield in Dublin to promote book featuring 150 photos taken from space

Radio: Chipper Alison Curtis emerges from Ray D’Arcy’s shadow

Review: Canadian finds her voice in RTÉ defector’s old slot, while Pat Kenny loses his cool in a fractious confrontation

Hachette wants to turn Twitter into a bookstore

Publisher is testing whether a tweet from an author can directly trigger a sale

An Pláinéad Dearg as Gaeilge

University of Arizona and Nasa publish website in Irish featuring images taken from Mars orbit

Dublin is launch pad to find more efficient ways for astronauts to work

It is hoped there is plenty more to come from Irish firms operating in the space sector

Ireland looks a picture in new indirect tourism push

Tourism Ireland on a roll as country used as a backdrop

Duffy and Gillick attempt to wind back the clock

Moving from a professional to amateur environment and swapping one sport for another is a tough remit irrespective of ability

Drone footage of Cork city gives bird’s eye view

Equipment for student’s YouTube hit purchased with money from quitting cigarettes

Chris Hadfield features in videos promoting Ireland

Astronaut visits Donegal in one of four films for Tourism Ireland

Move over Chris Hadfield as new space commander tweets as Gaeilge from space

Col Douglas Wheelock sends message to Ireland on St Patrick’s Day

Television: Of mice and men – how a cartoon drew Billy Connolly and Seamus Heaney together

The comedian and the poet join forces for an animated series of fables that also captures their camaraderie

Her mission: to be the first Irish female astronaut

How does an ‘average Irish woman’ realise her wild ambition?

Miriam Lord’s Week: Overshadowed committees seek to steal back limelight

Ireland’s message to the universe: it’s all about us

Tourism Ireland looked at a man who had walked among the stars, and seen the great sea of humanity from the window of the International Space Station, and thought, We’ve got to get a hurley in Chris Hadfield’s hands

Anger over State’s treatment of Irish language

Public meeting hears of crisis in State provision of services for Irish speakers

Chris Hadfield extends book signing as hundreds queue

Former astronaut and Ireland’s newest tourism ambassador meets fans at RDS

Back down to Earth for Ireland’s newest tourism ambassador

Cmdr Chris Hadfield has agreed to promote Ireland without demanding a fee

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This week: Tequila, Tony Blair, tourism ambassadors, Kodak and the ‘coffice’

The A to Z of media matters in 2013

Munchkins, cookies and space oddities: Relive the year's media and marketing madness in this alphabetic guide

‘I don’t think I was the first person to cross the Atlantic to think Ireland is beautiful, but I did it more than most’

Q&A: Former International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield

Huge interest in Cmdr Chris Hadfield’s book signing

ISS commander thanks anonymous person who bought books for people waiting to see him

From the International Space Station to Ryanair

Cmdr Chris Hadfield arrives in Dublin to promote his autobiography

Astronaut Hadfield to boldly go to BT Young Scientists exhibition

Cmdr Hadfield will make two visits to Ireland during next two months

Coola boola: Halloween costumes for lovers, haters and Tipp zombies

From twerking, to baking, to 50 shades of grey paint, here are some topical costume ideas for trick-or-treating

We don’t need no high-cost, high-brow, heavy metal education

Is a degree in heavy metal music rifftastic or a rip-off?

Instant news at heart of TV3.ie revamp

Media group looks to entertainment, fashion and video oddities to make money online

Chris Hadfield’s use of social media made space seem less alien

I don’t think we – the people of Earth – have felt as connected to, or excited about, a space programme since the ‘Apollo’ moon landings

Hadfield and crew land safely in Kazakhstan after space mission

Canadian astronaut lands in a Soyuz capsule under an orange parachute after five month mission

A shining new star has been brought back down to Earth

Tweeting astronaut returns after six months on board International Space Station

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