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Busy weekend for Mayo Mountain Rescue Team

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Mayo Mountain Rescue Team (MMRT) and the other rescue and support services on hand last Sunday for the Reek Sunday pilgrimage assisted eight different pilgrims who got into difficulty on the pilgrimage climb.

Illegal fishing seizures up 164% in Galway region

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Inland Fisheries Ireland, the state agency responsible for the protection and conservation of freshwater fish and habitats, seized 612 pieces of illegal fishing equipment and illegally-caught fish in 2021 in the Western River Basin District for Galway, an increase of 164%.

Peak readiness — services on alert as 20,000 expected for Reek Sunday

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Sunday will see more than 20,000 pilgrims descend on Croagh Patrick for the annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage on Ireland's Holy Mountain.

Alcock and Brown 100 celebrations in Clifden

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When John Alcock and Arthur Brown crash-landed in Derrygilmlagh Bog, near Clifden, at 8.40am on June 15 1919, they had completed the first non-stop transatlantic flight, and ensured thei place in aviation history.

Nearly half of State’s medical helicopter missions used UHG helipad in 2018

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A total of 260 medical aircraft movements by the Irish Air Corps and Irish Coast Guard was recorded at University Hospital Galway's (UHG) helipad last year. The number represents 49 per cent of all medical helicopter missions in the State for 2018, which include emergency calls, transfers, and search and rescue.

Gregory grandson reads ‘An Irish Airman’ at RAF centenary celebration

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A great grandson of Galway's World War I fighter ace Major Robert Gregory, Robin Murray Brown, read WB Yeats' famous poem An Irish Airman Foresees His Death in Belfast last Sunday. St Anne's Cathedral was filled to capacity for a service to commemorate the centenary of the Royal Air Force (RAF), which succeeded the Royal Flying Corps in which Major Gregory flew. Major Gregory joined the war effort in 1916 and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. He was also awarded the Legion d’Honneur — France’s highest honour.

 

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