Hey folks, before you dive in, just a quick heads up about the Warford launch of my new book

Alita Legacy, A History of Ireland in 18 Murders.

It takes place in the book center, on Red Square in Warford at 6.30pm on Friday, September

29th.

The book center is one of my favorite bookshops.

It's built into an art deco cinema from the 1930s, it alone is reason enough to come

to the launch.

But hopefully I'll see you there on Friday the 29th at 6.30pm for the launch of Alita

Legacy, A History of Ireland in 18 Murders.

Each year, the polling company Ipsas M.R.B.I produces a report called The Veracity Index

in Ireland.

It's basically a measure of who the Irish public trusts most.

Now, as you might expect, head care workers and teachers often top the poll, but what

some find surprising is that meteorologists are in May terms weather forecasters are always

up there as well, as the most trusted people in Ireland.

Now, when you think about it, it's not really any surprise though, is it?

Irish people have an obsession with the weather, it's almost like a religion.

Visitors to Ireland are often taken aback and bored by our ability to have near endless

conversations about the weather.

Our thirst for information on this front seems insatiable.

Every night, 400,000 people tune in to watch weather forecasts on RTE, a figure that

doesn't include people watching the weather on other stations or the growing number who

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