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As Galway endured three days of orange weather warnings for ice, Oranmore native Shahira Barry faced a starkly different crisis in Los Angeles, her adopted home for over a decade. The Californian city is reeling from devastating wildfires that have destroyed over 12,000 structures across more than 60 square miles, displacing tens of thousands of residents.

Nine new volunteer crew with Galway RNLI recently donned their drysuits for the first time and took part in on the water exercises as part of their training to become fully fledged crew.

COPE Galway will be operating an extension of the Cold Weather Response on behalf of Galway City Council until Friday January 10, subject to weather conditions continuing.

Gardai are appealing to the public for help in tracking the man who attacked a taxidriver in the city over the weekend.

Ahead of this week's Christmas swims taking place across the city and county, the Irish Coast Guard, Water Safety Ireland and the RNLI have urged the public to remain cautious while in or near water during the festive season.

Ahead of next week’s Christmas swims taking place across the county, the Irish Coast Guard, Water Safety Ireland and the RNLI have urged the public to remain cautious while in or near water during the festive season.

Ahead of next week's Christmas swims taking place across the county, the Irish Coast Guard, Water Safety Ireland and the RNLI have urged the public to remain cautious while in or near water during the festive season.

In light of recent severe weather events, Roscommon Galway TD Dr Martin Daly has expressed serious concern about the increasing challenges posed by climate change and the resulting impact on infrastructure, particularly in the northwest region.

During a recent visit to the Isle of Man, I was struck by a substantial monument in Douglas, commemorating a maritime rescue in 1830. Aware of another heroic rescue in Galway the same year, I realised both took place during the same storm.

Fianna Fáil Councillor Alan Cheevers has criticised the local government for failing to allocate funding to grit pathways and roads in council housing-estates and pathways in public areas across the city.