Astronaut lands in city

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will visit Kilkenny this Saturday - signing copies of his books which document his 2013 space mission. His rendition of the late David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ aboard the station has been viewed almost 30 million times on You Tube.

He will be signing books at Dubray, in Market Cross Kilkenny from 2pm to 4pm.