Swiss student’s anniversary marked to support sexual assault victims300 balloons released in GalwayFri Oct 11 2013 - 21:03
Significant rise in mass strandings of jellyfish on west coastOpen water swimmers urged to be cautiousWed Oct 09 2013 - 07:57
Dublin twin with rare medical condition makes ‘remarkable’ recoveryElie Madden marking third birthday with sister Emie this weekendSat Oct 05 2013 - 01:01
Value of ‘failure’ highlighted by former Obama adviser in Galway‘In the US in Silicon Valley, you are rated by the number of your failures’Fri Oct 04 2013 - 01:00
Young Sherlock Holmes thrills Galway pupilsAuthor Andrew Lane meets schoolchildren in Dubray Bookshop on Shop Street during his ‘knife-edge’ Young Sherlock Holmes tourThu Oct 03 2013 - 22:51
Friends in a time of famineAn Irishwoman’s Diary: Quakers’ cauldron back in the limelightThu Oct 03 2013 - 18:25
Referendum voting is low and slow on west coast islandsPoll on Seanad and court of appeal opens on islands including Inis Mór, Inis Meáin, Inis Oírr, Inishbofin and InishturkThu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
Galway Theatre Festival promises comedy and creativityMephisto, Stone’s Throw and Fregoli among groups performing at not-for-profit eventWed Oct 02 2013 - 12:08
‘Blue’ energy from flood-prone west coast will sustain east in 2040‘99 per cent’ of researchers agree with UN climate report, Galway seminar toldSat Sept 28 2013 - 01:01
‘Green’ can equate to growth, adviser tells NUIG groupNew narrative to show nature can nurture economy required, says sustainability expertWed Sept 25 2013 - 10:30
Women at far greater risk of cardiovascular disease than breast cancerNew campaign initiated by west of Ireland charity CroiTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
Why bigger isn’t always seen as better in Ireland’s expanding wind farm industryAs wind turbines get bigger, so too do promised payments to communities – and locals’ concernsMon Sept 23 2013 - 01:05
Naval Service should take part in UN and EU missions, ex-officers’ group saysGovernment’s defence Green Paper criticised for being ‘land-centred’Mon Sept 23 2013 - 01:00
No tears, just a sense of overwhelming loss as 62-year wait becomes 63‘Mayo really needs this, more than anyone in Dublin could understand’Mon Sept 23 2013 - 01:00
Poets pay tribute to Seamus Heaney in ClifdenMemorial service part of annual arts festivalFri Sept 20 2013 - 00:00
Floating university due into Dublin BayStudents gain credits while studying at seaThu Sept 19 2013 - 13:27
Mayo madness alive and well on the Corrib banks ahead of All-IrelandGalway “spiritually 95 per cent” Mayo this weekendThu Sept 19 2013 - 11:26
Complaint may reopen sea lice inquiryGreen Party calls for ‘pause’ on Galway Bay fish farmTue Sept 17 2013 - 22:17
Geoghegan-Quinn welcomes tax inquiryEU investigation into Ireland’s tax regime seen as ‘opportunity to clear the air’Tue Sept 17 2013 - 19:48
Macnas returns to streets of GalwayStreet theatre group has received support from Galway City CouncilMon Sept 16 2013 - 21:32
Protest over closure of acute mental health unit in Co GalwayHSE plans to shut €2.8 million unit in Ballinasloe despite local oppositionSat Sept 14 2013 - 01:19
Extremely rare beaked whales spotted 120km from Kerry coastSightings made by Irish Whale and Dolphin Group from deck of ‘Celtic Mist’Fri Sept 13 2013 - 22:17
Endangered pearl mussels found near planned Connemara wind farmsCalls for suspension of projects between Barna, Spiddal and MoycullenThu Sept 12 2013 - 01:00
‘Intelligent’ bike-sharing scheme begins at NUI GalwayFirst such scheme outside of DublinWed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00
Department of Energy consultant unable to access Corrib gas tunnel on recent inspectionTunnel access “not required”, department saysTue Sept 10 2013 - 09:08
German man killed at Corrib pipe tunnel site is namedInvestigations underway into Mayo accident in which man (26) sustained head injuriesMon Sept 09 2013 - 14:16
Man killed at Corrib pipeline site in MayoGardaí and HSA start investigation as Shell confirms fatality in AughooseSun Sept 08 2013 - 16:46
Galwayman for fundraising swim of Killary fjordElectrician invites supporters to run or walk length of fjord during eventThu Sept 05 2013 - 09:57
Public health nurses should have role in universal primary care planning“Invisible” sector undervalued, international conference toldTue Sept 03 2013 - 01:00
A school with a differenceAn Irishwoman’s Diary: Learning, laughing and scrapping in the yardTue Sept 03 2013 - 01:00
Galway Bay water taxi begins trial runFast ferry will cut commuter times between north Clare and Galway cityMon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00
Gutenberg alive and well in Corca DhuibhneA Swiss printer-publisher is producing books in Irish and English in west Kerry – using a Gutenberg-style press. Photographs by Bryan O'BrienSat Aug 31 2013 - 01:00
Civil engineering firm ‘categorically denies’ former Corrib contractor’s claimsRoadbridge confirms it handled invoices for OSSL in 2007Wed Aug 28 2013 - 01:00
Clinicians ‘need more access to research’Science failing to communicate, conference toldTue Aug 27 2013 - 01:00
Lower income women in North more likely to go for cervical cancer screeningStudy suggests North’s targeted health policy workingFri Aug 23 2013 - 01:01
New survey finds further evidence of Rathcroghan as a “Tara of the west”More details confirming location for pre-Christian mass assemblyFri Aug 23 2013 - 01:00
New marine safety smartphone app criticisedSystem due to be unveiled today by Minister for Marine Simon CoveneyThu Aug 22 2013 - 01:00
Pregnant women fare better under midwife-led care - studyWomen at both low and high risk of complications examined in research involving NUI GalwayTue Aug 20 2013 - 22:16
Medley of music, art, theatre at Clifden Arts FestivalSpecial tribute to be paid to late poet Dennis O’DriscollTue Aug 20 2013 - 07:57
Shell rejects claims over delivery of alcohol to GardaContractor claims Christmas deliveries made in 2005-2007Mon Aug 19 2013 - 20:58
Turf-cutters say more than 30 protected bogs have been cutTwo bogs cut in Galway at weekend, despite EU habitats directive restrictionsMon Aug 19 2013 - 08:16
Marine agency rejects critique of sea lice dataResearch on environmental impact of fish farm parasite defended by instituteMon Aug 19 2013 - 01:00
Exotic Porcupine Bank catch nets second coconutSeveral unusual warm-water species have turned up on western seaboardSat Aug 17 2013 - 01:00
Pearse’s pastoral hideaway: ripe for commemoration?The State seems reluctant to build a cultural centre at Pádraig Pearse’s cottage in Rosmuc, Connemara, to remember our ‘Ghandi with guns’Sat Aug 17 2013 - 01:00
Clinical staff in west angry over decision on €2.8m psychiatric unitStaff send letter to mental health service national directorThu Aug 15 2013 - 22:24
Digital freedom focus of international student forum in NUI GalwayIreland hosting the ten-day debating event for first timeThu Aug 15 2013 - 11:35
Aran writer Liam O’Flaherty the focus of new summer schoolCareer of brother and journalist Tom O’Flaherty will also be studied at Inis Mór eventThu Aug 15 2013 - 01:00
