Galway

Election 2024: What are the key immigration issues for voters?

Asylum seekers and refugees continue to arrive, protests have become common, and the State’s immigration system continues to flounder

Mary Poppins, Peter Pan and Cinderella: 25 Christmas pantos and shows to see around Ireland this festive season

Jack and the Beanstalk, Mary Poppins and an adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s The Giggler Treatment are among the highlights

New Irish election candidates: ‘Seeing the challenges facing migrants and people just accepting it influenced me’

Monica Oikeh and Helen Ogbu are among 11 candidates from migrant backgrounds. What prompted them to stand and what has their experience of campaigning been?

Storm Bert live updates: 11,000 homes and businesses remain without power in counties worst affected

Several yellow weather warnings in place across country as Storm Bert brings flooding and travel disruption

Storm Bert: Met Éireann red weather warnings in Cork and Galway as ‘multi-hazard’ storm hits all of Ireland

Public in Cork and Galway urged to ‘shelter in place’ as ‘complex, multi-hazard’ storm hits

Storm Bert: Status red warnings in place with Met Éireann predicting ‘intense rain’ and high winds

Red warning for two counties while orange warning in place for six counties

Body recovered in search for woman who drowned in Co Galway last week

Search was due to be called off because of Status Red weather alert when body was found

Galway location sells Lotto jackpot winning ticket worth more than €7 million

Win is the 10th jackpot won in the country so far this year

‘I could have gone to California. At this rate, I probably would have raised about half a billion dollars’

Xerotech’s Dr Barry Flannery on Musk, Trump and the challenges of building a high-tech manufacturing business in Ireland

‘I wouldn’t like to be a young person. You get a job but you have nowhere to live’: Mixed odds on Government at Mullingar dog track

Some punters feel the country is going to the dogs and needs a change of leadership, while others say they are on to a winner with the incumbents

Eat out in style: 10 classy Irish diningrooms to add a side of glamour

The architecture and ambience of these elegant restaurants complement and enhance their first-class food offerings

‘We’re not giving up until she is found’: Search for Galway swimmer to continue through poor weather

Máire Ní Fhátharta was last known to have been at Silverstrand near Barna last Tuesday

Ten restaurants around Ireland worth travelling to for a unique experience

Destination restaurants: It’s well worth travelling to these restaurants for the unique dining experiences they offer

Meet the Mayo jewellery maker whose fans include Saoirse Ronan, Maya Hawke and Julianne Moore

Nigel O’Reilly and other Irish jewellers on the western seaboard find much to inspire in the natural world around them

What will €350,000 buy in Greece, Italy, France, Portugal and Galway?

One price, home and away: A three-storey maisonette in Attica, a bungalow in Connemara and more

‘We have enough room and money in this country to look after everybody’

A yoga studio in Galway brings a sense of calm ... before talk turns to the general election

Profit rises at Kelly’s Resort Hotel but falls at Renvyle House Hotel

Turnover grew 11.4% at Kelly’s Resort Hotel & Spa in Co Wexford in 2023

Man who drowned off Galway coast named as singer-songwriter Johnny Duhan

Duhan (74) one of two people who went missing at Silverstrand beach near Barna on Tuesday along with a woman in her 30s

Death announced of former senator Billy Lawless who built successful pub business in Chicago

Galway native was nominated to the Seanad in 2016 by then taoiseach Enda Kenny

Father of girl hit in the eye by fireworks appeals for witnesses

Dad of 14-year-old also wants a nationwide fireworks ban after Halloween incident in Galway

Man (19) dies in road traffic accident involving tractor in Co Galway

Male passenger was seriously injured on Saturday afternoon near Oranmore

Galway loses another restaurant: ‘I had depression for one month. This was my dream. But we have to close’

The couple behind Polka Polish Cuisine say high overheads and a drop in diners due to the cost of living have made their business untenable

Case for ‘Gluas’ light rail in Galway identified by feasibility study

Potential for as many as 7.5m passengers each year but costs estimated to be in excess of €1.23bn

Declan Ganley tells New York court he is making ‘good faith efforts’ to sell Irish properties to pay $20m debt

Threat of incarceration ‘not justified under law’, Ganley tells court in latest episode in ongoing dispute between businessman and and a shareholder in Rivada Networks

Settlement of €17,500 approved for girl whose arm was impaled on Phoenix Park railings

Girl suffered significant trauma and developed anxiety about hospitals and doctors which made her post-accident care exceptionally difficult, court hears

Denis O’Brien-owned hotel in Galway records loss of almost €300,000

Losses at Ballynahinch Castle in Co Galway more than trebled last year while turnover rose by 1 per cent to €8.5m

Two men killed in separate road traffic incidents in Cork and Galway

Man (24) died in single-vehicle collision between Bantry and Ballydehob while second man (20s) was killed near Dunmore

‘This will be the first year in 58 we’ve never managed to turn a profit’: Irish hospitality sector at breaking point

From VAT increases and Covid closures to rising labour costs, business owners talk about sleepless nights over the uncertainty of working in the industry

The Guide: Bram Stoker Festival, Cork Jazz Festival and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end

October 19th-25th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

What will €325,000 buy in Cyprus, Canada, France, Italy and Connemara?

Period homes in Aosta and Camburat, a rural hideaway near Quebec or a lakeshore house in Carraroe

Galway site with potential for 272 student beds for €7.2m

Strong interest expected in site on Headford Road with full planning permission

Michelin-star chef JP McMahon: We’re looking at Irish food in a new way and we’re very much part of the Nordic food movement

JP McMahon is a Michelin-starred chef, restaurateur and author. He lives and works in Galway

Fred Johnston obituary: Poet who helped found Cúirt literary festival

In 1978, Johnston went to Galway on a two-week creative writers’ workshop. He never left

Hildegarde Naughton was ‘frightened’ for personal safety after ‘six stitches’ online threat, court hears

Daragh O’Flaherty (47) on trial in relation to series of online theats against politicians, including Government Chief Whip

Boy (16) appears in court charged with attempted murder of priest at Army barracks in Galway

The boy appeared before a sitting of the children’s court to face two new charges

Council admits flaw in authorisation of flood relief work close to Kylemore Abbey in Galway

Proceedings related to works in and around Kylemore Bridge in Connemara

Galway children face ‘cars travelling at 80km/h’ as walk-to-school week begins

Lack of footpaths at Crumlin National School in rural Ireland highlight challenge of getting more pupils to walk or cycle from home

Wesley Joyce: ‘To come out of it with no voice, I think I came out of it lucky’

Limerick-born jockey suffered an horrendous fall from Red Heel at the Galway Festival in 2022 but his brave comeback came full circle when he led the same horse to victory at Down Royal

Ireland weather: Orange alert extended to Co Waterford with Met Éireann warnings for seven counties on Saturday

National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management and Met Éireann met on Friday ahead of alerts coming into force

Co Galway farmer convicted of assault after throwing cow dung towards Fianna Fáil politician

Judge also found Joseph Baldwin (39) guilty of a breach of the peace over incident involving Minister of State Anne Rabbitte

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