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SUNSET TONIGHT or before sunrise tomorrow – that’s the latest prediction for the arrival of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet into Galway Bay this weekend.

Race organisers have also temporarily renamed the bay “Galway ablaze”, with plans for “eco-friendly” bonfires on the Aran Islands as the seven yachts complete their last ocean leg.