One warning though... there are some naming rules so it's definitely not going to be called Planety McPlanetFace!

A spaceport at Shannon Airport? It's not as wild an idea as you'd think and is certainly not the country's first foray into space, writes Leo Enright

The world spent $10bn on the James Webb Space Telescope - that's about a dollar per person alive over 20 years, so it's a few cents per person per year. Wasn't it worth a few cents out of your annual budget?

“In the words of the famous Carl Sagan, ‘Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known’. I think those words are becoming a reality.”