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‘It better be worth the wait’ - Hundreds queue in Dublin’s George’s Street for last pairs of solar eclipse glasses

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The eclipse is expected between 6 to 8pm this evening

Dublin gift shop Designist is selling 2,400 pairs of the sold-out glasses as a fundraiser for Astronomy Ireland.

Preparations are under way for the first significant solar eclipse visible in Ireland since 1999.

Across the UK hundreds of people have been stuck in queues hoping to buy the specialist glasses

One person reportedly travelled over 170 miles for a pair of the glasses ahead of the solar eclipse on Wednesday

Metro🏁 first to report1 days ago

'Looking directly at the sun can cause serious and permanent eye damage.'