A celestial double act - a spectacular planetary pairing lighting up Irish skies tonight

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If you look to the west after sunset you'll see two bright lights in the early evening sky. Those 'stars' are actually Venus and Jupiter. Astronomer and Associate with Blackrock Observatory, Frances McCarthy has more.

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