It was a pleasure to welcome Rob Ivison, Director of Science at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) , to Maynooth this afternoon for a colloquium.
I was on my best behaviour introducing his talk and even refrained from pointing out that his native Lancashire is actually in the Midlands.
Ireland became a full member of ESO earlier this year and Rob has been touring Ireland giving talks to encourage Irish astronomers to make the most of the many opportunities membership presents. Having already visited Cork and Galway he passed through Maynooth today before ending up in Dublin tomorrow.
It was an enjoyable and impressive talk and very nice to chat with Rob afterwards over dinner.
Bon voyage to Rob and thanks for the visit!
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