A Co Galway-based Syrian family which lost four close relatives, including three young children, in Turkish-led military attacks on north-east Syria this week, has expressed gratitude for the overwhelming community response.

A parish priest has said that a town is in shock following the death in a fire of two people who had come to live in the community.

THE Polish diver who lost his life as he pushed out the boundaries in underwater cave exploration in this country had a fear of heights.