Astronomy Ireland has said thatthere is a strong chance people in Ireland will catch a rare glimpse of the Northern Lights tonight.

The spectacular display of multi-coloured solar waves were expected to light up the dark sky yesterday but dense cloud led to poor visibility.

Astronomy Ireland's David Mooresays there's a 90% chance people will tonight see the aurora.

He said: "If we get a great display of the aurora, the whole entire country will see it."

Mr Moore said: " If it's a weak display out over the North Atlantic then northern counties are favoured. But those weak displays wouldn't be that spectacular."

He said that: "the next few years are great for aurora because we're just after sun-spot maximum and that's when the aurora peaks for several years after that."

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Experts say northern Lights may be visible tonight