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As the leaves fall and winter approaches, now is the ideal time to ensure your trees are strong, healthy, and storm-ready. High winds and heavy rain can quickly expose hidden weaknesses, turning a once-beautiful tree into a serious safety risk.

Galway County Council and Galway Fire and Rescue Service have been recognised for leadership in emergency technology after their Severe Weather Event Management System (SWEMS) proved instrumental during Storm Eowyn and was recently showcased by Government as part of its storm review.

Storm Darragh forced the cancellation of their first seasonal performance, but the choristers persevered, and a Christmas concert of two choirs combined will now instead take place in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Monday, December 23, at 7pm.

Three Labour Party members of Galway City Council have issued a broadside against the Government’s ‘Housing for All’ strategy, with accusations that an unknown number of children are in emergency accommodation in the city.

‘To speak with justice, I would say this letter from Mr Casement is, for the most part, a string of falsehoods’ ….begins a letter of harsh criticism concerning the efforts of committed Irish language enthusiasts on the island of Tawin to build a new school where ‘Irish will be the language.’ It was to replace the English-speaking school, and its teacher, which was closed for years because the islanders refused to send their children there.

And so after 38 rounds, 380 games, and 354 days, the Premier League for the 2019/20 season has finally been concluded.

Laden full of local talent and doused with song and dance of the highest quality, the annual Dean Crowe Theatre hosted pantomime ‘The Pirates of Golden Island’ completes its run of performances this weekend, following a successful opening weekend at the west side venue.

A Galway-based artist, who was recently honoured by the Irish Chinese community, will exhibit colourful new work at Ireland’s premier art fair Art Source, which will be held at the RDS from November 9-11.

Like fading divas on an operatic stage, it has been a strange, although welcome, feeling this week not be the default centre of attention when it comes to adverse weather in this country. For the best part of two decades now, the west has been the owner of the weather monopoly.