Varadkar promises changes to 999 response systemMinister stands by official inquiry into ‘Tit Bonhomme’ sinkingWed Aug 14 2013 - 01:00
Shell welcomes Garda examination of alcohol claimsReport claimed drink worth €35,000 was delievered to gardai on Shell’s behalfTue Aug 13 2013 - 14:41
Garda examining claims alcohol was delivered to Mayo stationSenior officer’s examination underway for over a monthTue Aug 13 2013 - 01:02
Macnas: the show goes on, despite a Galway no-showChange is ‘difficult and necessary’ at Macnas, as budget issues meant no arts festival paradeMon Jul 29 2013 - 01:00
Salvage experts to meet with insurers over sunken sail shipAstrid is substantially intact but lifting it will be 'a complex operation'Fri Jul 26 2013 - 11:30
Divers and surveyor to consider possible salvage of ‘Astrid’Kinsale harbourmaster Capt Phil Devitt said it was too early to speculate what decision might be madeFri Jul 26 2013 - 01:00
Video: 30 rescued as Dutch tall ship sinks off Cork coastlineSquare-rigger lost engine power while leading The Gathering cruiseThu Jul 25 2013 - 01:00
Cabinet approves merger of Irish Coast Guard and Marine Survey OfficeCoast guard technical staff face reduction in numbersThu Jul 25 2013 - 01:00
Video: 30 crew rescued after tall ship hits rocks off Cork coastDutch training ship the Astrid strikes rocks at OysterhavenWed Jul 24 2013 - 13:22
Comedy, cabaret and political theatre at Galway FringeCity courthouse secured as venue for first timeWed Jul 24 2013 - 01:00
Rescue helicopter winchman delivers baby boyEmergency medical evacuation from Donegal’s Arranmore islandMon Jul 22 2013 - 01:00
Enormous monkfish and coconut among unusual landingsFish normally found in Azores also nettedFri Jul 19 2013 - 09:02
‘Absolute drought’ across island by this evening, Met Éireann saysVulnerabilities of water system exposedFri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
US archaeologists unearth Inishbofin villageShort-lived settlement may have been wiped out by early 19th century famineFri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
BIM five-year plan aims to generate €1 billion in Irish seafood salesAquaculture central to plan, chief executive saysWed Jul 17 2013 - 21:19
Marine Institute defends scientific study on wild salmonResearch had been criticised by groups opposing fish farmsWed Jul 17 2013 - 16:09
Dublin Bay habitat conservation area welcomedDesignation will protect harbour porpoises, says Irish Whale and Dolphin GroupWed Jul 17 2013 - 15:59
Icelandic ambassador appeals for talks over mackerel rowDiplomat asks why his country and Faroes are being ‘singled out’Wed Jul 17 2013 - 01:00
Varadkar to consider handling of Tit Bonhomme 999 callsLate crew member Kevin Kershaw made two emergency calls by mobile phoneTue Jul 16 2013 - 14:26
Galway en fete with both arts and fringe festivalsNo Macnas parade due to funding differencesTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
Hundreds attend funeral of two elderly brothersTaoiseach Enda Kenny among mourners at funeral of Jack and Tom Blaine in Castlebar, Co Mayo, todayMon Jul 15 2013 - 18:00
From New Zealand to Mayo – the long wayGeneration Emigration: The thought of encountering pirates on their voyage home was a factor in an Irish couple’s decision to take the route less travelledFri Jul 12 2013 - 01:00
State bodies at loggerheads over proposed salmon farmMarine Institute and IFI cite scientific evidence for opposing views on effect of sea lice on wild stock mortality ratesThu Jul 11 2013 - 00:00
Wave and tidal energy research focus of new €200 million laboratoryMaritime research cluster in Cork harbourThu Jul 11 2013 - 00:00
The rower who rewrote her obituaryLong-distance rower Roz Savage swapped a life of management consultancy for solo adventures on the high-seasWed Jul 10 2013 - 01:00
Research on impact of maternal breast cancer on teenagersParticipants sought by NUI Galway teamTue Jul 09 2013 - 01:00
Government unveils measures to cut deaths at seaFishing skippers will be able to apply for grant-aid for safety equipmentMon Jul 08 2013 - 12:00
Inland Fisheries Ireland concerned about study on wild salmonStudy claims pollution rather than fish farming having greatest impact on wild salmon stocksMon Jul 08 2013 - 10:13
Sculpture donated to international artist’s home townAbstract steel globe by Eddie Delaney unveiled in Crossboyne, Co MayoMon Jul 08 2013 - 09:59
Reports of sinkholes above Corrib tunnel investigatedShell E&P Ireland says it has informed “relevant authorities”Sat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
EU warns of court action over illegal turf-cuttingSurveillance flights by private aircraft have cost €45,000 to dateThu Jul 04 2013 - 01:00
Pollution rather than fish farms having greatest impact on wild salmon, report saysMarine Institute study finds rivers near fish farm cages have healthiest stocksWed Jul 03 2013 - 10:10
Film board backs Galway’s bid to become Unesco city of filmAudivisual sector worth €72 million to west-coast region in 2012Wed Jul 03 2013 - 01:00
Aran island horses may be forced to wear nappiesProposed new bylaws on animal welfare will apply to entire Galway countyTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
From a small start, Ability West has filled a large gap in disability services for 50 yearsTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
Cork firm in talks with Mayo landowners about €5bn plan for 400 wind turbinesOrganic Power of Skibbereen says it has three potential investors for the schemeMon Jul 01 2013 - 00:00
Fisherman and his dog rescued after four hours in waterBoat sank after striking rocks near Lamb’s HeadSat Jun 29 2013 - 10:34
Irishman who set round Britain rowing record heading for HenleyCork oarsman had represented Ireland with twin brotherSat Jun 29 2013 - 09:36
Giant hydroid found in Irish deep-sea expeditionJellyfish-like hydroid and 200-year--old clams among Marine Institute discoveriesSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
Safety measures could have averted three drownings off Atlantic seaboardGarda expresses concern about ‘less qualified’ volunteers joining rescuesFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:39
Actors Saoirse Ronan and Zachary Quinto for Galway Film FleadhBid for Unesco city of film designation also due to be madeTue Jun 25 2013 - 21:28
Evie Hone paintings stolen from Co Galway churchEight remaining works by artist in Ss Peter and Paul church, Kiltullagh, removed for safekeepingMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00
Water users urged to check weather forecasts after lake rescuesTwo alerts on Lough Derg within 24 hours over weekendMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00
Coast Guard responds to second incident on Lough Derg22 children got into difficulties while kayaking this morningSat Jun 22 2013 - 10:36
Galway at sharp end of proposed ban on alcoholic sponsorship of sporting eventsHorse racing, rugby, yacht racing and cultural events face uncertainty if ban proceedsSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
