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As it was on January 24, Storm Éowyn generated the highest coastal surges ever recorded along Ireland’s western seaboard. The Port of Galway recorded a 2.6m storm surge peak - the highest it has ever recorded in modern times, despite the full force of Éowyn hitting when the tide was ebbing. Limerick docks recorded surges of just under 3m - the height of a single story house above mean sea level.

At the most recent sitting of the Athlone Moate Municipal District, Cllr Aengus O’Rourke, raised the matter of public lighting in the Athlone area and expressed his “deep frustration” at the ongoing lack of progress in repairing long standing faulty public lights.