‘Things went horribly wrong’: How life changed for former TD Colm Keaveney
Former Galway politician pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of cocaine, along with two counts of driving with no insurance
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Council was worried that employee had used its funds to fill drums with diesel, WRC told
Local authority worker who took €1,600 of fuel loses unfair dismissal claim
Former TD Eamon Ó Cuív declines to rule out return to contest Galway West byelection
Among other potential contenders is the president-elect’s son, Stephen Connolly
Several councils not using powers to buy vacant housing
Ministers to be briefed at Cabinet on plans to overhaul rules and guidance on State spending
Students and tax professionals offer free tax advisory service to vulnerable users
University of Galway Tax Clinic working with local libraries to help lone parents and domestic abuse victims with tax affairs
Inis Oírr to receive €36m for new pier
Record funding package will mean ‘safety and certainty’ and is ‘statement of intent’ on future of islands
A 15-year ‘muddle’: the long and winding road to building a greenway through Connemara
Old Clifden to Galway railway line is popular attraction, but progress on opening of full route is too slow for some
Councils signal willingness to hear from presidential hopefuls, opening path to nomination
Ten candidates in the last three presidential elections have been nominated by local authorities
Local authorities are ready to listen to presidential hopefuls. Don’t discount this route
Councillors are less partisan than their Dáil colleagues and take this national responsibility seriously
The new IRB: a band of conspiracy theorists who have set up a parallel Irish ‘government’
This fringe group, drawn from the ranks of anti-lockdown protesters and business people laid low by the crash, have a cabinet, local co-ops and even a network of ‘courts’
HSE accused of ‘abandoning rural mothers’ at protest over Portiuncula maternity services
Woman with high-risk pregnancies having antenatal care moved from Ballinasloe hospital to other locations after series of reviews
Galway farmer granted permission to challenge Greenway purchase decision ‘splitting’ his farm
He claimed the Connemara Greenway Project cycleway construction would make his farm ‘unmanageable’
Former TD Colm Keaveney banned from driving for four years after refusing to provide sample to gardaí
Court told defendant appeared unsteady and smelled of alcohol after late-night collision
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