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Talking about the weather

As part of Science Week, the Irish Meteorological Society is offering the chance to find out more about weather forecasting from a well-known name in the business.

Dr Aidan Nulty was part of the RTÉ weather team for 16 years and he retired from forecasting earlier this year. On Thursday, November 11th, at Wynn’s Hotel in Dublin, he will share his expertise through an an interview with Gerald Fleming, head of forecasting in Met Éireann.

Then the audience will get the chance to quiz Nulty directly. Book your place by emailing info@irishmetsociety.org

"NASA's going to my comet"

The title of a talk this week by Malcolm Hartley, who discovered the comet “Hartley 2” in March 1986. Nasa’s Deep Impact spacecraft is due to fly within around 750km of the comet’s nucleus this afternoon (3pm Irish time) to capture images and data