the Mayo Dark Sky Festival takes place in the idyllic coastal town of Newport from October 28th-30th 2016. Come along and share your passion for the night sky and astronomy…
Albert WhiteSeptember 21, 2016
AMA Adopts Guidance to Reduce Harm from High Intensity Street Lights CHICAGO - Strong arguments exist for overhauling the lighting systems on U.S. roadways with light emitting diodes (LED), but…
Albert WhiteJune 22, 2016
Mounting evidence that artificial light, and newer white light street lighting in particular, is causing measurable harm to wildlife. "This study, the first of its kind, shows that light pollution increases…
Albert WhiteAugust 26, 2015
Now that the dark evenings are returning and people will have more opportunity to get out under the stars I wanted to remind you of a couple of mobile phone…
Albert WhiteAugust 26, 2015
"Georgia MacMillan, a graduate in outdoor education at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (Mayo campus) has a dream." And to help realise her dream of making Ballycroy National Park into a…
Albert WhiteAugust 22, 2015
Following a public talk on light pollution in Lough Gur Heritage Center on Saturday night the Lough Gur Dark Skies Park Initative was launched. Work has already begun on the…
Albert WhiteApril 13, 2015
Created in 2003 by high-school student Jennifer Barlow, Dark Sky Week has become a worldwide event and a key component of Global Astronomy Month. Each year it is held in April…
Albert WhiteApril 10, 2015
From the Irish Astronomical Society: The IAS February meeting will take place on Monday 23rd February at 8PM in Ely House, Dublin 2. The speaker will be Dr Brian Espey…
Albert WhiteFebruary 13, 2015
On Monday 27th of January a packed Ring of Kerry hotel in Caherciveen in Kerry saw the Kerry Dark Sky Reserve receive it's official Gold Standard status from the International…
Albert WhiteJanuary 28, 2014
