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The 2023 summer season has brought unforeseen challenges, such as flight cancellations due to strikes and wildfires in parts of Europe, resulting in the evacuation of numerous holidaymakers.

The 2023 summer season has brought unforeseen challenges, such as flight cancellations due to strikes and wildfires in parts of Europe, resulting in the evacuation of numerous holidaymakers. Prolonged heatwaves in Southern Europe and severe flooding in other regions have also prompted holiday cancellations and delays. Therefore, it remains crucial for Irish consumers to safeguard their holiday plans and payments in case of any mishaps.

Farice, (a company fully owned by the Icelandic Government, which currently owns, and operates two submarine cables linking Iceland to Northern Europe) announced this week that the IRIS Sub-Sea Telecoms Cable System connecting Galway to Iceland and onwards to Denmark and the Nordics is now in its final phase of implementation.

It’s Wednesday evening and I type these words in a quiet corner of the Berlaymont in Brussels. Outside the evening is a grey November, not quite frosty yet, but winter is on the way. And perhaps a sort of winter is on the way for the institution in whose building I am working.

By Fergal O'Keeffe

Investment and not just policing is needed in communities

A major article showcasing Connemara, the Aran Islands and the Wild Atlantic Way features in the August edition of Grands Reportages magazine, a popular French travel magazine with about 650,000 readers or potential holidaymakers for Galway and the west of Ireland.