Coast Guard helicopter wreckage found at lighthousePoor weather hinders search for three missing Coast Guard crew off Mayo coastFri Mar 17 2017 - 01:00
Rescue 116 crash: Wreckage found at lighthouseIrish Coast Guard hopes weekend weather will allow recovery of helicopter’s ‘black box’Thu Mar 16 2017 - 21:10
Rescue 116 crash: Search focuses around Blackrock IslandConditions very challenging and water ‘like a washing machine’ due to outcrops of rockThu Mar 16 2017 - 15:54
Search continues off Mayo coast as family of Capt Dara Fitzpatrick speak of their lossConfirmation that signal from the helicopter’s black box had been picked up came quicklyThu Mar 16 2017 - 11:08
Rescue 116 crash: efforts to pinpoint helicopter’s black box signalNo plans to ground fleet of Sikorsky S-92s, says Shane Ross as he visits Blacksod, Co MayoThu Mar 16 2017 - 07:45
Coast Guard helicopter search: Faint ‘chirp’ from black box located‘Weak’ transmission picked up during continued search for three missing crewWed Mar 15 2017 - 18:04
'Dark day' as air, sea and shore searches continue for missing crewSearches resume for three missing crew members as investigators examine wreckageWed Mar 15 2017 - 08:53
‘Something had happened and Rescue 116 had gone down’In southwesterly winds and moderate visibility, a rescue mission ended in loss of lifeWed Mar 15 2017 - 01:00
Coast Guard crash: ‘It was poor visibility as there was constant rain’A fleet of ambulances arrived pierside, but it became evident they would not be requiredTue Mar 14 2017 - 21:21
Search for Coast Guard crew continues after one death confirmedFirst victim named as Dara Fitzpatrick while Mark Duffy , Ciarán Smith and Paul Ormsby remain missingTue Mar 14 2017 - 21:20
Helicopter involved in Mayo search operation checked for safety in JanuaryCoast Guard has five Sikorsky S92 helicopters with a top speed of 185km/hTue Mar 14 2017 - 09:59
‘Possible interference’ with birth certs at Tuam and Cork homesPaper for HSE says deaths recorded at Cork home saw big fall with adoption legislationMon Mar 13 2017 - 10:43
Diarmuid Martin wants full investigation of mother and baby homesCatherine Corless welcomes comments on Tuam home by Archbishop Michael NearySun Mar 12 2017 - 21:56
Tuam babies: Neary calls for inquiry with broader focusArchbishop Neary apologises for the hurt caused by the failings of the churchSat Mar 11 2017 - 22:13
‘I can do that’: how I became lady of Rathlin’s manorWhen Rathlin Island advertised for someone to run its 18th century Manor House, Genevieve McLernon and her husband appliedSat Mar 11 2017 - 06:00
Plan for Tuam site should not be up to coroner, says ex-mayorFG councillor says archbishop ‘premature’ in suggesting reinterment of infants’ bodiesFri Mar 10 2017 - 20:18
Geoghegan-Quinn calls for wider terms of reference for inquiryFormer minister urges people to give information to mother and baby homes commissionThu Mar 09 2017 - 20:25
‘Tuam people shouldn’t feel guilty ... it’s a national issue’Saw Doctor Leo Moran and artist JoJo Hynes among Tuam natives responding to scandalWed Mar 08 2017 - 08:08
‘No record to indicate’ remains found at Tuam site in 1970sGalway County Council reviews files related to construction on grounds of former homeTue Mar 07 2017 - 22:49
Government may expand mother and baby homes inquiryMove comes after discovery of the remains of a ‘significant’ number of babies in TuamTue Mar 07 2017 - 09:49
Criminal investigation into Tuam deaths ‘not realistic’, says former residentWriter recalls being ‘terrified most of the time’ as a child in mother and baby homeTue Mar 07 2017 - 01:00
Engineers Ireland laments industry’s ‘stark’ gender imbalanceSurvey identifies societal barriers as being major factor to lack of women in sectorMon Mar 06 2017 - 20:58
Tuam babies: Magdalene survivors call for identification of childrenMinister says Garda involvement is likely after the discovery of remains at Tuam homeMon Mar 06 2017 - 09:21
‘We made sure those children were remembered’Tuam residents express their upset at the Mother and Baby Home revelationsMon Mar 06 2017 - 01:00
Archbishop of Tuam ‘horrified’ by extent of deaths at baby homeDr Neary says it was ‘a time of great suffering and pain for the little ones and their mothers’Mon Mar 06 2017 - 01:00
Archbishop of Tuam ‘horrified’ by discovery of remains of childrenCommission ‘another necessary step on the path to the truth’, says ArchbishopSun Mar 05 2017 - 13:12
‘They were known as the children of sin’Tuam resident recalls appalling treatment of ‘home babies’ who lived in local institutionSat Mar 04 2017 - 14:43
Is Galway worthy of its Green Leaf award?It has been designated Europe’s most environmentally friendly small city, but campaigners say worrying developments are a threat to some of its most valued habitatsSat Mar 04 2017 - 06:00
Galway launched as European Green Leaf 2017The city became the first Irish area to receive the European Commission title last JuneWed Mar 01 2017 - 17:26
Drive through Ash Wednesday a ‘tremendous success’ in Co GalwayHundreds blessed on foreheads from their cars at Glenamaddy churchWed Mar 01 2017 - 16:33
UCD gets Connemara film and sound archive of artists and poetsClifden Community Arts Festival donates 40-year ‘sociological record’ of the artsTue Feb 28 2017 - 01:00
Two girls, a boat, and a voyage from Cape Cod to ConnemaraUS student’s model yacht found by Galway girl after social media tip-off to local pubsWed Feb 22 2017 - 20:17
Galway councillors criticised over approach to Traveller housingFormer mayor Pádraig Conneely says negative comments are ‘informed by reality’Tue Feb 21 2017 - 18:24
Driftnet ban fails to save Atlantic wild salmonConference highlights impact of climate change, fish farming and non-target catching on Irish stocksSun Feb 19 2017 - 16:26
Varadkar calls on Kenny to outline FG leadership intentionsMinister says current situation is ‘distracting and destabilising’ for party and countrySat Feb 18 2017 - 18:52
Dublin Port denies masterplan makes case for eastern bypassConcerns raised over plan’s impact on traffic as water users welcome better river accessSat Feb 18 2017 - 15:33
Return of the confessional: Bless me father, for I am stressed . . .Priests at Galway novena describe resurgence of sacrament as ‘listening ear’Wed Feb 15 2017 - 01:00
Protesters call for declaration of housing emergency in GalwayGalway Housing Action Group seeks freeze on repossessions due to mortgage difficultiesTue Feb 14 2017 - 01:00
Jeanie Johnston leaves Dublin Port graving dock for last timeCampaigners reiterate call to save Georgian working docks in Grand Canal BasinMon Feb 13 2017 - 17:49
Coveney seeks views on microbead banCosmetics, toothpastes and cleaning agents use plastic particles which can harm the marine environmentMon Feb 13 2017 - 03:30
Connemara group questions Government stance on rural declineLoss of eight jobs in Letterfrack equivalent to large factory closure in city, group saysSun Feb 12 2017 - 20:00
Ancient shipwreck exposed by wind and tide on south Mayo coastResearch also finds possible monastery or Bronze Age fortress on Kid islandSun Feb 12 2017 - 18:21
Omey Island’s last resident crosses strand at low tide one final timeFuneral of stunt actor Pascal Whelan told he relished adventures and lived life on edgeWed Feb 08 2017 - 17:45
Scheme for fishing crews is ‘legitimising slavery’Workers’ federation plans to highlight situation at European Parliament this monthTue Feb 07 2017 - 01:12
Omey Island’s last permanent resident dies aged 75Connemara stuntman Pascal Whelan gave swordfighting lessons to actor Peter O’TooleMon Feb 06 2017 - 19:55
First wild salmon of the year caught in Co CorkInland Fisheries Ireland confirms first catch of 2017 was on the Munster Blackwater riverMon Feb 06 2017 - 17:12
Ireland ‘failing international obligations’ in maternal death inquestsBelief that Ireland is safest place to have baby can be ‘seriously contested’, says legal expertSun Feb 05 2017 - 15:35
Archaeologists clash over dating of Céide Fields complexProf Seamus Caulfield claims PhD research a ‘silent ambush’ of his life’s workFri Feb 03 2017 - 19:35
Céide Fields may be 2,500 years younger than thoughtNUI Galway archaeologist Andrew Whitefield disputes age of ancient north Mayo siteThu Feb 02 2017 - 21:07
Brexit implications strike fear across Irish fishing industryExpulsion of EU vessels from British waters may prompt targeting of Irish fishing zonesMon Jan 30 2017 - 16:28