I'm Paul Callanen. I worked in University College Corp in the South of Ireland. I'm an astronomer and I studied black holes and neutron stars and how they behave themselves across the whole stretch of the electromagnetic spectrum. It's a great time for Irish astronomy these days. Last year we joined the European Southern Observatory, the most powerful observatory on the planet and we're all very excited about the things this will enable Irish astronomers to do. Also we have just finished completing our low-far radio telescope in Berne County, Offlee, which sits just a stone throw away from the Ber Leviathan, which for 70 years was the biggest telescope in the world, all the way up to the 1900s. Irish astronomy is continuing to expand and our researchers are getting more and more involved in space missions for the European Space Agency and in some of the larger telescopes and instruments being built for the European Southern Observatory. In parallel with that, we're very eager to continue our outreach program and to involve the public in more and more experience of what research in Irish astronomy is all about and also about some of the great history we have in astronomy and astronomical discovery and that's why events like this are so important and it's especially nice to see people with hearing impediments or other disabilities come to these events and feel part of the whole celebration of astronomy. We're delighted to have the IAU exhibit here in Cork. It's been here for about two weeks already and we'll have it here for at least another two more and we'll miss it then it's gone. It's been very popular with all the visitors. We're getting fantastic reviews from that from members of the public. The IAU has done so much for astronomy over the last hundred years of its existence and we expect it to do even more for the next hundred years. So happy birthday IAU.