Frances McCarthy takes you inside Blackrock Observatory

She’s one of the media’s most popular go-to experts on everything from protons to planets. Áilin Quinlan meets Blackrock Observatory’s Frances McCarthy — and finds out the astronomical treats in store for 2016. 

Back in 2005 mother-of-two Frances McCarthy chanced upon a story in the ‘Irish Examiner’ about a new project involving the construction of an observatory at Blackrock Castle.

That article was the beginning of a career that would see her become arguably one of the media’s most popular go-to experts on everything astronomical.