Temperatures set to drop next week as Ireland is hit by a 'blast of cold air'

Although Met Eireann predicts temperatures of 17 degrees today, it won't be staying around for long if Carlow Weather's Alan O'Reilly's predictions are anything to go by. He believes chilly nights are coming back. Speaking to the Irish Sun, he said: “Weather models have flipped backed to show a short blast of cold air for next weekend with a Northerly feed."

12 Authors Write About the Libraries They Love.

My Temple

The first library I knew was an upstairs room over a storefront in my little Kentucky town, with a librarian who didn’t approve of children handling books. (I begged; she relented.) The second was a van kitted out with bookshelves and sent out on the rounds of our rural county, a godsend to children and many adults who had no easy way of getting to town. The Bookmobile was the whole world parked on my gravel road. It came once a month, and we were allowed only three books at a time, but the Bookmobile lady had a heart.

Frogs Are Disappearing. What Does That Mean?

THE DUSKY GOPHER FROG, once endemic to the longleaf pine savannas of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana and now listed among the 100 most endangered species on earth is tiny, dark and warty. The creature is often described as both secretive and shockingly loud, with a rumbling, back-of-the-throat mating call that is uncannily close to the human snore.

21 People Honoured At National Bravery Awards

A total of 21 people have been honoured by the State for their bravery for “risking their own lives to aid others in peril.”The honours are awarded by Comhairle na Mire Gaile the Deeds of Bravery Council which was founded in 1947 to recognise exceptional acts of courage. All the recipients were handed Certificates of Bravery while five were also honoured with the Bronze Medal of Bravery.

Girl baked grandfather's ashes into cookies and gave them to classmates.

A high school student mixed her cremated grandfather's ashes into homemade biscuits and gave them to classmates, police in California have said. The youngster and a friend shared the cookies with nine other pupils at Da Vinci Charter Academy in the city of Davis.