Environment
Rainy streets: umbrellas, wet pavements and reflections
When the downpour arrives the city changes pace; lights multiply on the tarmac and footsteps quicken.
Timelapse captures a night-long lightning storm
A towering storm cloud behind the mountains lit up the sky with dozens of strikes a minute.
Lava fountain filmed from a helicopter above a volcanic crater
A column of lava rose from the crater floor, feeding glowing flows beneath a grey plume of gas.
Timelapse shows a river of cloud rolling over the canyon
Low cloud brought by colder weather poured over the red rock walls in slow waves.
Council backs €48m plan to raise and strengthen the Old Quay sea wall
Councillors have approved a three-year programme to lift the Old Quay sea wall by up to 90 centimetres after waves repeatedly spilled over it last winter, flooding cellars and closing the harbour road.
Steam column surges skyward from a geyser basin
Water and steam kept bursting from a rocky basin on a volcanic plateau for minutes on end.
The city under snow: a white silence
When the snow falls the streets slow down; ploughs get to work, bicycles disappear and lights look warmer.
Volunteers plant 1,800 street trees across Wrenhaven in a single weekend
More than 700 residents turned out with spades as part of a scheme to bring shade and greenery to the city's most built-up streets, with each tree adopted by a nearby household.
Kestrel Park fully reopens after two-year restoration of its lake and woodland
The fences are down at Kestrel Park, where a two-year restoration has cleared decades of silt from the boating lake, added 600 trees and given the city's largest green space a new play area and café.
All nine Wrenhaven beaches pass bathing-water tests for a third year running
Every beach in the city has met national bathing-water standards again, with six rated excellent, after sewer overflow upgrades cut the number of spills into Greyling Bay by more than half.
