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The Irish Sun
5 hours ago
- Climate
- The Irish Sun
‘Summer isn't quite starting out as we hoped' – Met Eireann warn of more ‘unsettled weather' with temps below average
WEATHER chiefs have warned more 'unsettled conditions' are on the way - as temperatures fall below June average. Punters visiting Advertisement 4 Ireland will be hit with wind gusts over 100kmh on Monday evening Credit: Getty Images - Getty 4 It will be a windy day tomorrow for visitors at Bloom Credit: RTE 4 Tomorrow will be very windy and rainy Credit: Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather warned people who have plans tomorrow evening to 'be careful'. He said: 'Winds forecast to gust to above 100kmh Monday evening on the west coast with a very windy evening for all and turning very wet too with more than 10mm for most by Tuesday morning over 30mm in parts of the west.' She said: 'So it's the first day of meteorological summer and unfortunately it isn't quite starting out as we hope this summer will go. Advertisement READ MORE IN NEWS 'As we continue through the bank holiday weekend our 'It'll be rather breezy with some showers or spells of rain, although it's not all bad.' Today will be 'breezy with sunny spells and light scattered showers'. The south of the country will see the 'best of the sunshine' while rain will be most frequent over the northern half of the country. Advertisement MOST READ IN THE IRISH SUN Rebecca said: 'Today the first of June is going to be breezy with a mix of sunny spells and light scattered showers. 'But through the afternoon the showers will be most frequent over the northern half of the country with the best of the sunshine further south. Watch shock footage as Irish town pounded by hail downpour amid weather change, 'Highest temperatures today of 13C to 18C with moderate to fresh west to northwest winds.' Tonight, showers will 'become isolated' early in the night so it'll become drier. Advertisement Lowest temperatures will range between 5C to 9C. Tomorrow will 'start out mostly dry with sunny spells' before cloud develops during the morning and afternoon as 'rain pushes into western areas'. She continued: 'Bank holiday Monday, it's going to start out dry and sunny so if you can make the most of it before the rain arrives.' Rainfall will 'get heavy at times' with some localised flooding possible. Advertisement The meteorologist said: 'Through the afternoon and evening the rain will eventually extend to all areas. 'Although the east and south east coasts should stay largely dry for much of the day with the rain only reaching there later in the evening. 'It'll turn windy too tomorrow with strong and gusty southwest winds developing and highs of 13C to 17C.' Rebecca added: 'As we move through the rest of the week the unsettled conditions continue. Advertisement 'So Tuesday and Wednesday will be breezy with a mix of sunny spells and showers. 'The showers continue for Thursday with the added mix of the chance of more persistent rain for southern counties. 'And temperatures next week will be well below the June average at just 11C to 15C generally.' 4 More persistent rain will develop on Thursday Credit: Advertisement
Scottish Sun
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Wild camping in Scotland let me find the remote space that I'm used to, says Tim Peake
MAJOR Tim Peake has revealed that being in a remote corner of Scotland reminded him of his historic mission to space. Ten years ago Tim became the first Brit to join the European Astronaut Corps, blasting off from Kazakhstan to spend a total of 185 days onboard the International Space Station. 5 Major Tim Peake is heading to Scotland in September for a series of live dates 5 Tim and his Scots wife Rebecca exploring the great outdoors in Scotland He has been in demand ever since, reading a CBeebies bedtime story from 250 miles above the earth and was even recently quizzed about his time in orbit by Hollywood legend Tom Hanks. But last year he and his Scots wife Rebecca decided to get away from it all when they went 'off grid' while touring the North Coast 500. He says: 'We did kind of like the western part of the NC500. That was brilliant. 'We got this camper that looked like something out of Jurassic Park with this module stuck on the back of a Ford Ranger. 'We went completely off-grid - solar panel, hot water, outdoor shower, all that kind of stuff. And it was just great fun.' When it's pointed out he will be used to being so remote and self-sufficient after his time onboard the Space Station, he added: 'I know, it was brilliant. 'It was wonderful just kind of having that freedom to be able to go everywhere. 'We spoke to a few farmers who were very kind and just said, 'Yeah, you can go out on our land and find a spot and camp up.' However one thing Tim - who brings his live show Astronauts: The Quest To Explore to Scotland in September - wasn't plagued by in space were any pesky invaders like he experienced on his camping trip. He laughs: 'Most of the time when I go to Scotland, the midges are not a problem. Katy Perry kisses the ground after all-female Blue Origin mission – as Bezos's fiancee moved to tears by power of space 'But actually, last summer, they were quite bad, I have to admit. It was head nets on at least three nights.' Tim from Chichester, Sussex, attended Sandhurst in 1990, becoming a fully qualified helicopter pilot in 1994. But it was while posted to Germany he met his wife-to-be Rebecca, from Comrie, Perthshire - the couple married 27 years ago and went on to have two sons. He says: 'Rebecca she was in the Royal Logistics Corps and I was in the Army Air Corps. We were both based out there, met there, and got married in St Andrews.' But Tim's career really took off when he made the most of his time in space, conducting a crucial space walk to help carry out repairs to the ISS and even remotely running the London marathon. That's why he had absolutely 'no concerns' when his NASA astronauts pals Suni Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore ended up stranded on the station for nine months instead of just an eight day mission. 5 Katy Perry faced international ridicule for her antics during an 11 minute space flight 5 Tim played a track by Scots singer Amy Macdonald while he was in space He says: 'Once they kind of made that mental adjustment to think, 'Okay we're up here for the long haul' then they would have absolutely loved it. 'I mean they both got to do spacewalks. They mucked in as an ordinary space station crew. They did so much science and maintenance. And as astronauts, that's what you train for.' However, Tim is dubious about the benefits of space tourism, which in April saw Katy Perry and an all-female crew blast off in the Blue Horizon spacecraft owned by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos. The pop star faced international ridicule when she kissed the ground following her 11-minute space flight. But can Katy officially call herself an astronaut? Tim says: 'Yes, because she's passed the Kármán line, which is a hundred kilometres away and that's the official boundary of space. 'But I think we're kind of approaching an era of career astronauts, who have trained for years to do what they do. 'Then you have a tourist spaceflight participant, with the bare minimum of training, who are just like passengers on an aircraft.' He adds: 'I think every mission to space should be grounded in having some benefit for humanity. 'So right now, there's not a huge amount of benefit (to space tourism).' Tim, 53, even got to spend Christmas Day in space, talking to his wife Rebecca and sons Thomas and Oliver back on earth. He says: 'It was nice. I was kind of keeping an eye on them from up there.' And he has been delighted to recount his experiences in space to thousands of schoolkids and space enthusiasts since returning to earth, including to Tom Hanks, 68, when they appeared on a Radio 2 show together. He says: 'Tom wanted to know if the stars were brighter in space. They weren't actually but they don't twinkle up there. It's our atmosphere that makes them do that. So they are steady stars 'And of course there is zero light pollution up there so the Milky Way is amazing.' Tim also took an extensive playlist into space including Amy Macdonald's 2007 single This is th Life. He beams: 'That is a brilliant track. It's just got so much energy. It's one to be on the treadmill to or the bike machine. 'She's just an amazing artist and I love her music. I haven't met her but my playlist is out there. So maybe she knows that her track's been into space.' But when he's not working, Tim and his activity-mad family are regular visitors to the Cairngorms in The Highlands where they take part in 'hill climbing, cycling and kayaking'. However one thing he was unable to deliver during his months in space was a cloudless snap of Rebecca's home country. He says: 'I got quite a few pictures of Scotland, actually. It is pretty difficult to photograph in the winter months, I'll grant you that. 'I was trying to get a nice picture of the whole of the UK cloudless. I don't think I ever achieved that.' *Tim's live show Astronauts: The Quest To Explore Space will be at Eden Court, Inverness on Sept 1 and 2, Aberdeen's Music Hall Sept 3 and Dunfermline's Alhambra Theatre on Sept 4. For more info visit:
Fox News
a day ago
- General
- Fox News
Biblical formula for choosing spouse offers lessons that modern dating overlooks
Maybe this is the most important question we will receive from our children and grandchildren: "How do I know that he (or she) is the one?" The Bible – our great guidebook – has the answer. In Genesis 24, Abraham sends his servant Eliezer to find a wife for his son Isaac. His only instruction? Go to Haran, the place where Abraham once "made souls." (See the video at the top of this article.) It was a culture open to God. That's trait No. 1. Look for a spouse in a good place. Eliezer arrives and sees Rebecca. She's "very fair to look upon" — that's trait No. 2. Then he watches her draw water not just for him, but for all his camels — an exhausting and generous act. That's trait No. 3: generosity. On the basis of these three — and only three — characteristics, Eliezer decides: She's the one. Rebecca, in turn, is told only two things about Isaac. "The Torah gives us an instructive sequence: 'Isaac married her. She became his wife. And he loved her.'" He's wealthy, which means he can provide. And he loves God, which means he has a strong set of values. She agrees to marry him. Then the Torah gives us an instructive sequence: "Isaac married her. She became his wife. And he loved her." As Isaac and Rebecca had the best marriage in the Bible, their formula for marital happiness is worthy of our reflection. Identify a few essential traits. Get married. Become a spouse through continual acts of giving. Then love will follow and continually grow. "We don't give to those we love; we love those to whom we give." The Hebrew language supports this. The root of ahava — love — is hav, meaning "to give." Those of us who have enjoyed or even just observed long, happy and loving relationships know why: We don't give to those we love; we love those to whom we give. We don't "fall in love." We cultivate it. Modern culture says the opposite. Waiting until age 30 to marry and have children, for example, increases infertility risks, both for women and men, to varying extents. Casual dating often leads to casual sex, which is so unsatisfying that we are now in what sociologists call a "sexual recession," in which young men prefer video games (particularly new releases) to sex. Repeated rejection causes long-term emotional wear that the body recognizes as physical pain. In the model cited earlier, people "test" compatibility for years. A 2016 Barna study found that 84% of couples who live together before marriage do so to check for compatibility. And yet, according to the Institute for Family Studies, the No. 1 reason for divorce? "Basic incompatibility." When it comes to advising our children and grandchildren about a happy marriage, the Bible offers the now-proven formula. Throw out the 100-item checklists. For more Lifestyle articles, visit It doesn't matter if the young woman prefers warm-weather vacations over cold-weather vacations. It doesn't matter if the young man's friends are funny. If the couple has a foundation for love, which can be found in two or three core characteristics, they might think about getting those church bells ready to ring — as they are set for a wonderful marriage. Mark Gerson's new book is "God Was Right: How Modern Social Science Proves the Torah Is True," published by BenBella Books and distributed by Simon & Schuster (June 2025). This article is part of a series featured exclusively by Fox News Digital.
Broadcast Pro
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Broadcast Pro
Palestinian film ‘A House in Jerusalem' now available on Shahid
The film is helmed by Muayad Alayan and co-written with Rami Alayan. Arabic streaming platform Shahid has released Palestinian filmmaker Muayad Alayan's third feature film, A House in Jerusalem. Directed by Muayad Alayan, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rami Alayan, A House in Jerusalem made its world premiere at the 2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). The film has garnered recognition at various renowned festivals worldwide, including the Boston Palestine Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival in the United States, as well as the Mostra de Valencia—Cinema del Mediterrani in Spain, the Athens Palestine Film Festival in Greece, and the Palestinian Film Festival in Australia. Notably, A House in Jerusalem was the sole Arab project selected for the 36th edition of the IFFR Pro's Production Market. Featuring an ensemble cast including Johnny Harris, Makran Khoury, Souad Feres, Miley Locke, and Sheherazade Makhoul Farrell, A House in Jerusalem follows the journey of young Rebecca, who is compelled to relocate with her father from the UK to Jerusalem in the hopes of finding solace and healing following her mother's sudden passing. As Rebecca settles into an old house in a neighbourhood known as the 'Valley of the Ghosts,' a series of mysterious events unfold, with Rebecca bearing the blame. The film delves deep into the mysteries of the house and the mystical city of Jerusalem, as Rebecca embarks on an enigmatic quest to uncover the secrets that lurk in the shadows of the house. The film's production involved collaboration among several entities, including PalCine Productions in Palestine, Wellington Films in the UK, Red Balloon Films in Germany, Metafora Production in Qatar, and Key Film. MAD Solutions is managing the distribution of the film across the Arab world. The film also received several development funds from the Doha Film Institute, Netherlands Film Fund, MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, British Film Institute, and French Consulate General Jerusalem. Additionally, it received the Filmmore Postproduction Award and the AFAC's Cinema Grant.
Irish Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Air by John Boyne: Superb, at-times harrowing, still questioning
Air Author : John Boyne ISBN-13 : 978-0857529855 Publisher : Doubleday Guideline Price : £12.99 In The Irish Times in 2023, Dubliner John Boyne , a multimillion selling author thanks to 2006's The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, wrote about how he was sexually assaulted while in school . Facing up to this trauma, and reporting it, inspired him to write a quartet of novellas to, in his own words, 'focus on sexual abuse from four different perspectives'. Consequently, Water, Earth and Fire, all published over the past two years, made for uneasy reading. That's not to say they weren't well written, they certainly were, but Fire was particularly harrowing and Boyne said he found that book, narrated by a female paedophile, 'the most difficult and emotionally draining to write'. No one who has been following along with Boyne's elemental suite will, then, be expecting Air to be a light read. As before, he takes characters from previous books and moves them centre stage. Aaron Umber, one of the victims in Fire , is flying from Sydney to Ireland with his teenaged son Emmet. Aaron has split from Emmet's mother Rebecca, a daughter of the Vanessa who in Water temporarily moved to an island off the west coast to grasp at some kind of recovery after her first husband's crimes were revealed. READ MORE Aaron and Rebecca's marriage was a sexless one as both parties were understandably 'completely broken' when they met. Aaron dislikes being touched and recalls a random sexual encounter that shows how damaged he is. He naturally fears that the sins perpetrated on the father might be repeating themselves on the son when he finds semi-naked photos on Emmet's phone. Rebecca is so scarred that her own mother warned Aaron off her the night before their wedding, and has seemingly abandoned her only child. [ John Boyne: How I wrote The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Opens in new window ] Boyne's main characters are masterfully realised ordinary people trying to move beyond the weight of the past ('It's not fair, is it? Life. You'd wonder whether it's all worth the bother.'). That past continually elbows its way back into the present, such as when Vanessa's second husband Ron, who seems like a perfectly decent fellow, well and truly puts his foot in it. The question Boyne appears to be asking in this superb series is whether anyone, and he might even be including himself in that number, can ever fully escape from such horrific history.
