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Tributes paid to teenagers who rescued a man from Galway’s river Corrib

Tributes paid to teenagers who rescued a man from Galway’s river Corrib

Boat and lifesaving training come in handy as boys pilot a Rib in darkness to effect rescue

Tue Oct 30 2018 - 19:58
Haunting scenes in Galway as Macnas celebrates Samhain

Haunting scenes in Galway as Macnas celebrates Samhain

There were otherworldly vibes in the city centre for the fifth Macnas Halloween parade

Sun Oct 28 2018 - 20:30
Bertie Ahern, Donald Trump, Dustin the Turkey get votes in presidential election

Bertie Ahern, Donald Trump, Dustin the Turkey get votes in presidential election

‘All useless’ and ‘no to abortion’ among comments on spoiled ballot papers

Sun Oct 28 2018 - 15:05
A national marine plan: Making the sea work for us, and us for it

A national marine plan: Making the sea work for us, and us for it

Public consultation is under way on a marine plan for Ireland, and everyone agrees on one principle

Sat Oct 27 2018 - 06:00
Galway Travellers vote after Casey’s comments ‘ignite the community’

Galway Travellers vote after Casey’s comments ‘ignite the community’

‘Until Peter Casey did his Donald Trump, I wasn’t so interested, but I couldn’t rest after that’ – Annie McDonagh

Sat Oct 27 2018 - 00:57
Up to 450 property owners contacted about €600 million Galway ring road

Up to 450 property owners contacted about €600 million Galway ring road

First stages in planning application for ring road made to An Bord Pleanála

Fri Oct 26 2018 - 14:55
Mixed turnout as ballot boxes from 12 islands delivered to count centres

Mixed turnout as ballot boxes from 12 islands delivered to count centres

Four Galway islands average 30% turnout

Thu Oct 25 2018 - 21:14
Turnout on islands for presidential election and referendum has been low

Turnout on islands for presidential election and referendum has been low

Three of 63 registered voters in Inishboffin off Donegal had voted by time polling station closed

Thu Oct 25 2018 - 19:09
Polling stations open on 12 offshore islands on Thursday

Polling stations open on 12 offshore islands on Thursday

Fianna Fáil’s Éamon Ó Cuív hopes this week’s vote is the last time that islanders vote on a different day to the rest of the State

Wed Oct 24 2018 - 19:05
‘New heart for old city’: Galway’s massive regeneration scheme

‘New heart for old city’: Galway’s massive regeneration scheme

‘Ceannt Quarter’ development to include hotel, residential, community and retail

Wed Oct 24 2018 - 01:45
Catherine Corless ‘pleasantly shocked’ by decision to excavate Tuam home site

Catherine Corless ‘pleasantly shocked’ by decision to excavate Tuam home site

Galway historian had been given no inkling of the decision when she met Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Monday night

Tue Oct 23 2018 - 20:37
‘I am delighted... I didn’t think the Government’s decision would be this one’

‘I am delighted... I didn’t think the Government’s decision would be this one’

Decision to excavate and exhume site of Tuam mother and baby home welcomed

Tue Oct 23 2018 - 20:21
‘Sounding like a missionary on climate change does not work’

‘Sounding like a missionary on climate change does not work’

Explorer Arved Fuchs tries to engage people emotionally with what he has seen

Sat Oct 20 2018 - 06:00
Galway 2020: no sponsorship raised in six months and almost €130,000 spent on fees

Galway 2020: no sponsorship raised in six months and almost €130,000 spent on fees

Two Aosdána poets calling for artists to take over cultural capital project’s creative leadership

Fri Oct 19 2018 - 21:49
Peter Casey denies mixing up Michael D Higgins and FF mayor

Peter Casey denies mixing up Michael D Higgins and FF mayor

Presidential candidate claimed President had objected to Traveller halting site in 1968

Thu Oct 18 2018 - 20:43
Galway 2020: Poet Rita Ann Higgins compares it to Dante’s Inferno

Galway 2020: Poet Rita Ann Higgins compares it to Dante’s Inferno

Higgins calls for team of local artists to be appointed to provide creative lead

Wed Oct 17 2018 - 20:37
Galway rough sleeper who died a ‘nice young lad who had gone astray’

Galway rough sleeper who died a ‘nice young lad who had gone astray’

Preliminary postmortem results rule out any suspicious circumstances in death of Martin Carroll (29)

Tue Oct 16 2018 - 20:30
Aran Islands air service may be based at Shannon Airport

Aran Islands air service may be based at Shannon Airport

Proposal emerges to maintain vital link if no deal in talks with existing service provider

Mon Oct 15 2018 - 01:00
Indemnity scheme for greater mountain access may be in place next year

Indemnity scheme for greater mountain access may be in place next year

Scheme to protect farmers from claims by walkers with Attorney General

Mon Oct 15 2018 - 01:00
Six rural towns to get up to €100k for plans to woo more residents

Six rural towns to get up to €100k for plans to woo more residents

Ballinrobe, Banagher, Boyle, Callan, Cappoquin, Castleblayney selected for pilot project

Thu Oct 11 2018 - 17:43
Landlords ‘gorging’ like ‘some starved waif’ on increased rents - ombudsman

Landlords ‘gorging’ like ‘some starved waif’ on increased rents - ombudsman

Ombudsman for Children Dr Niall Muldoon criticises State reliance on private rental sector

Wed Oct 10 2018 - 19:46
Budget 2019: Funding promised for new marine research vessel

Budget 2019: Funding promised for new marine research vessel

Ship expected to be commissioned next year

Tue Oct 09 2018 - 21:21
Budget 2019: Landlords the ‘big winners’ says homelessness worker

Budget 2019: Landlords the ‘big winners’ says homelessness worker

Cope Galway’s figures shows homelessness increasing in western capital

Tue Oct 09 2018 - 18:50
Arts producers in ‘constructive’ talks over Galway 2020

Arts producers in ‘constructive’ talks over Galway 2020

‘We didn’t come out dancing, but we didn’t come out crying,’ says spokeswoman

Fri Oct 05 2018 - 22:33
Crewman (28) who drowned had drugs in system when boat sank

Crewman (28) who drowned had drugs in system when boat sank

Investigatory body urges campaign about dangers of intoxication while at sea

Fri Oct 05 2018 - 17:45
Mountain habitats to benefit from new upland network State partnership

Mountain habitats to benefit from new upland network State partnership

‘Need for voice of the uplands to be heard’ says national co-ordinator Mary Mulvey

Thu Oct 04 2018 - 21:26
Maire Geoghegan-Quinn resigns from Galway 2020 board

Maire Geoghegan-Quinn resigns from Galway 2020 board

Organisation said former EU Commissioner left due to unavailablity for board meetings

Thu Oct 04 2018 - 16:42
Fundraising for heart disease was no plain sailing

Fundraising for heart disease was no plain sailing

Richard Hayes circumnavigated Ireland solo in a tiny dinghy to raise funds for cardiology equipment in memory of his mother

Thu Oct 04 2018 - 07:01
Internet valium abuse a growing problem in Galway city, says mayor

Internet valium abuse a growing problem in Galway city, says mayor

Children as young as 13 buying drugs illegally online, says Niall McNelis

Wed Oct 03 2018 - 20:24
Galway 2020 loses key board member with resignation of arts festival chief

Galway 2020 loses key board member with resignation of arts festival chief

Confirmation of resignation of John Crumlish follows Druid’s withdrawal of flagship production

Wed Oct 03 2018 - 20:10
New chief executive for Galway 2020 appointed after resignation

New chief executive for Galway 2020 appointed after resignation

Concern about capital of culture project mounts among artists

Tue Oct 02 2018 - 16:07
Cabinet to run rule over €600m Galway ring road

Cabinet to run rule over €600m Galway ring road

Proposed route advanced by planners includes 18km link between east and west of city

Tue Oct 02 2018 - 00:17
Higgins is no dark horse amid fawning crowds in Ballinasloe

Higgins is no dark horse amid fawning crowds in Ballinasloe

Men with stout sticks, women and children were spellbound as he spoke from the ‘gig rig’

Sun Sept 30 2018 - 21:25
Sean Gallagher lists directorships of four companies in Sipo declaration

Sean Gallagher lists directorships of four companies in Sipo declaration

Businessman says presidency should be as ‘transparent as possible because it is taxpayer’s money’

Sun Sept 30 2018 - 20:42
Galway 2020: The implosion of the capital of culture project

Galway 2020: The implosion of the capital of culture project

Key people have left, only half its budget is in place, and its vision is unclear. What went wrong?

Sat Sept 29 2018 - 06:00
Patrick Honohan says banking crash cost Irish people €37bn

Patrick Honohan says banking crash cost Irish people €37bn

Former Central Bank governor warns on loss of tax revenue from US multinationals

Fri Sept 28 2018 - 20:00
Four-year scholarship for research into motor neurone disease

Four-year scholarship for research into motor neurone disease

Funds come from unspent money raised for care of Andrew Lydon who died of condition

Sun Sept 23 2018 - 17:11
Put Aviation Authority in charge of search and rescue - report

Put Aviation Authority in charge of search and rescue - report

Minister for Transport Shane Ross says he ‘accepts in full’ all 12 recommendations

Fri Sept 21 2018 - 13:36
Developer comes back from crash with plans for new Galway urban quarter

Developer comes back from crash with plans for new Galway urban quarter

Project Ceannt on CIÉ lands will be one of State’s biggest-ever urban regeneration schemes

Fri Sept 21 2018 - 01:00
Swiss authorities liaising with family of woman killed in storm

Swiss authorities liaising with family of woman killed in storm

Elvira Ferraii was in a caravan when it was overturned and swept into the sea near Clifden

Thu Sept 20 2018 - 20:57
Connemara locals shocked at Swiss woman’s death as caravan swept off coast in storm

Connemara locals shocked at Swiss woman’s death as caravan swept off coast in storm

President Higgins expresses condolences over woman’s death in Claddaghduff

Wed Sept 19 2018 - 19:59
Storm Ali: Woman who died in caravan was visiting from Europe

Storm Ali: Woman who died in caravan was visiting from Europe

Storm force 11 winds batter Ireland amid orange alert

Wed Sept 19 2018 - 14:31
West’s cancer patients fearful of any further delay for UHG radiation oncology unit

West’s cancer patients fearful of any further delay for UHG radiation oncology unit

HSE funding shortfall could delay project

Wed Sept 19 2018 - 01:00
UHG cancer treatment centre delay ‘completely unacceptable’

UHG cancer treatment centre delay ‘completely unacceptable’

Lack of medical facilities in west highlighted amid fears funding shortage will hit projects

Mon Sept 17 2018 - 18:25
New deep sea research project to monitor Ireland’s earthquake activity

New deep sea research project to monitor Ireland’s earthquake activity

Listening devices will monitor links between ocean wave activity, landslides and tsunamis

Mon Sept 17 2018 - 18:09

From upsetting the balance to setting the world on fire

Offshore oil and gas extraction poses a huge threat to the health of marine ecosystems

Mon Sept 17 2018 - 15:59
Galway arts centre director calls for resignation of Galway 2020 chair

Galway arts centre director calls for resignation of Galway 2020 chair

Arts groups seeking meeting with city and county managers over debacle

Fri Sept 14 2018 - 20:18
Water charges failed due to a ‘too much too soon’ approach – economist

Water charges failed due to a ‘too much too soon’ approach – economist

‘How (not) to do public policy’ analysis to be debated at NUI Galway conference

Thu Sept 13 2018 - 07:00
English seeks solutions to Traveller accommodation crisis

English seeks solutions to Traveller accommodation crisis

Irish Traveller Movement calls for dedicated housing agency to bypass local authorities

Wed Sept 12 2018 - 20:02
Galway 2020 project in turmoil as chief executive departs

Galway 2020 project in turmoil as chief executive departs

Departure of Hannah Kiely comes just months after project lost creative director

Mon Sept 10 2018 - 21:03
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