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This week marked the quiet passing of the 70th anniversary of the historic role played by a lighthouse keeper in Blacksod, who unwittingly changed the course of World War II when he delivered a weather forecast all the way to General Dwight D Eisenhower on June 3, 1944.

The fog cleared just in time for 300 competitors from all over Ireland to descend on Blacksod for the highly successful Blacksod Point Challenge triathlon, which was won by Kevin Thornton of Base2Race who left the field behind him and broke the course record.

A Galway Film Centre/RTÉ funded short film, The Weather Report, has wrapped and post-production work on it has now begun.

The weather station in Belmullet, which was the last remaining manned station in Ireland, went fully automatic on Wednesday.

Kilmore Triathlon Club is hosting an Olympic distance triathlon on September 20— which is sanctioned by Triathlon Ireland—with up to 250 competitors from across Ireland taking part.