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Our Shared Cultural Heritage Of The Night Sky

  Our Shared Cultural Heritage Of The Night Sky A Heritage Week 2023 Event in Partnership with Blackrock Castle Observatory Dark Sky Ireland would like to invite you to join...

Mayo Dark Sky Heritage Event 2023

Heritage Week TALK 'Is there anybody out there?' + FILM (Mayo's dark skies) Short film about Mayo's dark skies & the Mayo Dark Sky Festival, followed by a talk asking...

Space Week

Space Week 2023 Space Week is Ireland’s newest national STEM week, in parallel with World Space Week, taking place from the 4th to the 10th of October. It is a...

Dark Sky Ireland Strategic Plan Launch Event

YOU'RE INVITED! Dark Sky Ireland would like to formally invite you to the official launch event of our Strategic Plan 2023-2027 on October 6th 2023 at Blackrock Castle Observatory. Our...

Rewild The Night CPD

Last Saturday night (11th November) 17 Leave No Trace Trainers converged on Mayo to attend the regional trainer meet-up, and participate in a pilot educational CPD from Dark Sky Ireland. Gavin...

FIGHTING TO IMPROVE IRELAND’S NIGHT SKIES

    EVENT DETAILS Artificial lighting used inappropriately or excessively causes light pollution, adversely affecting the environment, the health of humans and wild animals, biodiversity, and (through energy waste) the...

Dark Skies & Biodiversity

 Dark Skies & Biodiversity Dark Sky Ireland, in collaboration with Sligo County Council, Leave No Trace Ireland, and the Irish Environmental Network, invite you to join us during Biodiversity Week...

Dark Skies, Bats & Biodiversity

Dark Skies, Bats & BiodiversityDark Sky Ireland, in collaboration with Leave No Trace Ireland, the Irish Environmental Network, Mayo Dark Sky Park and the Mayo Bat Group, invite you to...

Wonders of the Night Sky

Wonders of the Night Sky This event will focus on the effect of lighting on biodiversity with a new video from Kerem Asfuroglu – a dark sky lighting expert and...

Light Pollution Workshop

Thanks to funding from Community Foundation Ireland, we hosted a dedicated light pollution workshop targeting policy at Trinity College Dublin.  Hosted by our Chairperson, Prof Brian Espey, the official address...