Shooting star shower to light up Irish skies

IRELAND is set for a spectacular shooting star shower this week with more than 60 meteors an hour forecast to be whizzing over the night skies.

Gloomy skies and rain showers have been a common sight over the past month but astronomers are predicting blazing skies for the next two weeks.

This shower known as the Perseids will peak tomorrow night with hundreds of shooting stars streaking over Ireland.