Weatherday: Ad Astra

Le Nid d'Aigle, Gourdon, France (2004).

The morning will be dry with good sunny spells. Some rain showers in the mid-afternoon will be well scattered and light.

Temperatures up to 9deg in moderate breezes from the northeast, easing through the evening.

On this day in 1854, the Catholic University of Ireland opened its doors in Dublin to an enrolment of 17 students. Today as University College Dublin it caters for in excess of 32,000 students annually.

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