Weatherday: Debut of Barbara Millicent Roberts

Liffeyside reed in early spring (2022)

It's going to be a wet one with heavy rain through mid-morning, persisting with the possibility of some sleet or snow in the evening. The overnight strong winds from the south will ease off and veer to light from the north.

Highest temperature of 9deg in the morning will drop towards 1deg by mid-afternoon.

On this day in 1959, the Barbie doll was debuted at the American Toy Fair in New York. Over a billion have been sold worldwide since.

Headline: Barbie's full name in a series of novels produced by Random House.

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