Turn your eyes to the skies as we pass through a comet’s path tonight

Take a moment tonight to walk outside, look up, and say "ooh" as a spectacular cosmic display is set to dazzle stargazers.

Curious watchers are hoping to catch a glimpse of up to 1,000 shooting stars an hour as Earth passes through the tail end of a comet.

“Imagine a thousand shooting stars per hour. It could be one every five to 10 seconds. It could be really spectacular,” David Moore, head of Astronomy Ireland, told the Irish Examiner earlier this week.