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Pictures: Here's how the supermoon looked over Ireland last night

Some of us got incredible views of the moon last evening. Cloud spoiled the views in other areas unfortunately.

THE SUPERMOON WAS an incredible sight last night – if you could see it.

The moon was the closest its been to Earth for 68 years last evening – meaning it appeared unusually bright and large in the night sky.

5pm was the best time to see it yesterday – but, unfortunately, cloudy skies spoiled the view in many areas.

In case you were wondering, a ‘supermoon’ happens because the moon does not orbit around the Earth in a perfect circle. Instead, its elliptical orbit means that the moon’s distance from Earth can vary by up to 14%. The point at which the moon is closest to earth is called the ‘perigee’.

Now, here are your photos:

Emma Hynes had a clear view over Dublin:

DJ Robbie Kane was making the most of the view in Baldoyle, in north Dublin: 

But this was taken by Brendan Rogers in Carrickmines, Dublin 18: 

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And Guy Boggan captured this great shot over the capital too: 

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This incredible shot was taken in Co Waterford:

While there was a pretty good view in Donegal too:

The PSNI snapped some incredible shots: 

It took us a few seconds to make sense of this one from Kevin Griffin:

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And we guess it was cloudy in Sligo. This was send in by an anonymous reader early this morning: 

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Read: Tonight’s Supermoon will be the biggest in 68 years >

Read: The moon will turn blood red tonight in extremely rare Supermoon total eclipse >

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    Mute carodeer
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    Mar 6th 2018, 7:25 AM

    Single people have it tougher in society – if housebound that becomes worse. Good to see an article on this issue.

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    Mute Ciaran Fairley
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    Mar 6th 2018, 7:05 AM

    Oh please, give me a break. It was a bit of snow FFS!!!!

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello.
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    Mar 6th 2018, 7:13 AM

    @Ciaran Fairley: You read that whole article in less than three minutes? Impressive.

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    Mute Glenn Caulfield
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    Mar 6th 2018, 7:14 AM

    Tell that the someone living alone who was recently bereaved.

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    Mute Dara O'Brien
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    Mar 6th 2018, 7:24 AM

    @Glenn Caulfield: I seriously doubt that two days of snow was a significant additional stress factor in that case.

    Snowflake seems an apt word these days

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    Mute Laura Walsh
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    Mar 6th 2018, 7:35 AM

    @Dara O’Brien: oh aye I’m sure you both know way better than the fully qualified pyschotherapist. Her point isn’t that snow can cause significant stress and loneliness, but magnify stress and loneliness that’s already there.

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    Mute Dave Curtis
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    Mar 6th 2018, 7:40 AM

    @Dara O’Brien: I myself suffer from depression and found a lot of the points in the article rang true. I personally could not leave the house for 4 days with poor conditions as i live rurally rather than the 2. Just because you have no empathy or understanding for those who suffer with their mental health doesnt give you the right to start attaching more labels to people. If youve nothing nice to say and all that

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    Mute Anomander
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    Mar 6th 2018, 8:12 AM

    @Neal Ireland Hello.: It took you longer than three minutes to read that? Worrying.

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    Mute Ciaran Fairley
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    Mar 6th 2018, 9:44 AM

    @Anomander: hahaha exactly what I was thinking.

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    Mute Ashling Fenton
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    Mar 6th 2018, 8:48 AM

    I loved the peace

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    Mute Margaret O Neill
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    Mar 6th 2018, 6:15 PM

    @Ashling Fenton: I loved the peace too

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    Mute Brendan Gordon
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    Mar 6th 2018, 9:20 AM

    The is a flip side for those of us for whom dealing with people is an absolute chore, time to actually relax without having to make an excuse, time when you can leave the mask off and save your energy without the relentless oppression of people telling you to cheer up because you’re not projecting a mindless obliviously happy persona and messing with their fragile superficial perceptions

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    Mute Fifty Shades of Sé
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    Mar 6th 2018, 10:05 AM

    @Brendan Gordon: Totally…I went out on Friday and people were out walking their dogs in the snow, there was little or no traffic on the roads as people weren’t hurrying to get to work or to school, people seemed happy to get away from the rat race for a few days.

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    Mute Dermot Lane
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    Mar 6th 2018, 10:19 AM

    @Fifty Shades of Sé: because people were walking around my estate instead of driving, I connected with neighbours I barely knew I had.i remember as a kid walking to the shops with my mam. She’d stop every few minutes to chat with neighbours, it used to drive me mad. I’m convinced that the car culture we have nowadays contributes to social isolation and lack of community spirit: now if you need a pint of milk you hop in the car to drive a couple of hundred meters down the road, go to the self service And you don’t even interact with shop staff. And yes , I do it myself.

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    Mute League of shadows
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    Mar 6th 2018, 3:58 PM

    @Dermot Lane: Very well put, economic and technological advancements over the past two decades have certainly lead to a seismic shift in culture towards communal interaction, the price of progress however can be the sacrifice of good values.

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    Mute John003
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    Mar 6th 2018, 7:30 AM

    Times like this people turn to God…..as answer to the emptiness….

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    Mute Dermot Lane
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    Mar 6th 2018, 8:06 AM

    @John003: how does that work? If a few days of time dragging slowly and in terminal boredom is enough to induce depression, surely eternity would be a nightmare?

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    Mute Richard Sweeney
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    Mar 6th 2018, 8:07 AM

    @John003: Really. Which one?

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    Mar 6th 2018, 10:04 AM

    @John003: Peace be with you brother

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    Mute Joe oshaughnessy
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    Mar 6th 2018, 10:00 AM

    It’s not all that bad it’s a bit of snow and you can’t get out for a few days hardly the end of the world now is.

    I a biker 365 days of the year and i haven’t been able to get outside the gate yet but the world and all it’s madness will still be there waiting for me whenever I do manage to get out.

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    Mute WoodlandBard
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    Mar 6th 2018, 9:03 AM

    At this time 2 years ago we had the recent Dublin level of snow in the west. Being west of the M50 and west of Shannon, did not make the news so these issues were not talked about. It was, as the first comment reminds us, a bit of snow.

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    Mute League of shadows
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    Mar 6th 2018, 3:53 PM

    Very good article, isolation be it self imposed or circumstantial has long term detriment to mental health well being along with stress and anxiety. The past week more than most in recent times has highlighted the benefits of community interaction and human contact can counteract such problems, maybe when looking for solutions it’s time to get back to basics.

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    Mar 6th 2018, 11:54 AM

    Very good comments. Very relatable.

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    Mute Oiche Fairy
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    Mar 6th 2018, 11:47 AM

    It’s great if you’re an introvert though or so I hear :)

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    Mar 6th 2018, 1:06 PM

    The doctor would have been well served if she added those navigating homelessness in family hubs, emergency accommodation, and on the streets; and those living in fear of losing their homes to VF, respossession, or extortionate rising rents to her list of those whose daily stresses are amplified by the isolation they bring…on a daily basis, along with the emptiness of endless time…. no matter what the weather.

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    Mute ginger tomatoes i9
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    Mar 6th 2018, 8:24 PM

    People also need to learn to be alone with thier thoughts, to easy now distract yourself with social media if have 2 mins to spare, guilty of it myself.
    Love to travel and part of reason is I’m unplugged and have time alone with my thoughts. That can actually be a joy rather than a problem if allow yourself engage with your inner self rather than seek external distraction.
    Realise some have genuine isolation, and that needs addressing, but for some is self taught and can be Untaught

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    Mute Paul Jennings
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    Mar 6th 2018, 9:08 PM

    People belonging to big happy families where there’s a bit o’ land, a horse or two, a jeep and no one can even spell “rent,” wouldn’t know which end of the gas/electricity meter to put the coin in. Would that be the thing you use to measure the tyre depth? The same folk who laugh at mental illness and marginalised lives and think human trafficking is what the lollipop lady does.

    Their frame of reference blinds them to the misery other people go through and, understandably, the same happens vice versa. Hence so much living in a parallel universe. It’s all bollocks really, all we can try and do is make the best of a bad job…

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    Mute Ciaran
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    Mar 23rd 2018, 6:53 PM

    It says a lot about us as people if we can’t handle a few days indoors

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    Mute Bryen Murphy
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    Mar 6th 2018, 8:44 AM

    Ooops when I said “from experience” I meant experience of loneliness DEFINITELY not prison. Lol

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    Mute Bryen Murphy
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    Mar 6th 2018, 8:31 AM

    I think it was George Bernard Shaw who said “There is nothing worse than an endless holiday. I know from experience to quote tihe guy in Shawshank Redemptiin who says “the nights here are long….. time can stretch out like a razor blade” am not sure if it’s word for word but it sums loneliness up aptly.

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    Mute Bryen Murphy
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    Mar 6th 2018, 8:29 AM

    I can only quote from Shawahank Redemption when the guy described his feelings of loneliness and isolation “prison time is slooooow time….in here time can draw out like a blade”

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