The Irish Times

Galway Travellers renew campaign to ‘build bridges’

Government measures needed to underpin ethnic status, Traveller group says

Tue Nov 06 2018 - 06:00

Galway 2020: no sponsorship raised in six months and almost €130,000 spent on fees

Two Aosdána poets calling for artists to take over cultural capital project’s creative leadership

Fri Oct 19 2018 - 21:49

Peter Casey denies mixing up Michael D Higgins and FF mayor

Presidential candidate claimed President had objected to Traveller halting site in 1968

Thu Oct 18 2018 - 20:43

Connemara locals shocked at Swiss woman’s death as caravan swept off coast in storm

President Higgins expresses condolences over woman’s death in Claddaghduff

Wed Sept 19 2018 - 19:59

GMIT is ‘functioning as normal’ although president on sick leave

Perceived differences over direction college taking said to be at heart of ‘dispute’

Wed Aug 15 2018 - 00:38

National broadband plan still ‘on track’ - Humphreys

Minister says Government is ‘absolutely committed’ to providing rural broadband

Thu Aug 09 2018 - 14:14

Tory islanders to vote in bid to resolve ferry row

Mediator’s report proposes provision of fast ferry and extended helicopter service

Sat Mar 24 2018 - 06:00

Buskers protest over proposed new bylaws in Galway

Bylaw would ban buskers from performing in any one place for more than two hours

Sun Dec 10 2017 - 21:04

Farewell N17 – hello M17 as motorway opens between Gort and Tuam

Route costing €550m includes first ‘bat bridge’ for wildlife and opens five months early

Wed Sept 27 2017 - 20:35

Suspended coach to appeal Swim Ireland decision

Two-month suspension imposed after it was claimed the coach loudly rebuked swimmer

Wed Aug 30 2017 - 04:00

Government considers advice on Tuam mother-and-baby home

Catherine Corless welcomes move to consider best practice in event of full excavation

Fri May 19 2017 - 11:27

Inishturk, haven for Trump opponents, will welcome president-elect

Residents of Mayo island to light bonfire in honour of new American leader

Thu Nov 10 2016 - 10:11

Rally for Apple’s data centre project to be held in Athenry

Fine Gael councillor Peter Feeney says march not intended to influence High Court

Thu Nov 03 2016 - 18:40

Alma mater to honour centenarian music trailblazer

Anne Byrne made her first recordings in 1954 using a tape recorder she had bought in New York

Wed Nov 02 2016 - 22:05

Religious congregations may gift properties to State

List of properties nationwide to be drawn up for Minister for Housing Simon Coveney

Tue Jul 05 2016 - 01:00

1916 Rising: Photographic reconstruction past and present

Future presidents and Proclamation signatories among Gaelic League Oireachtas 1913

Mon Jun 20 2016 - 01:00

Election 2016: Primary school poll produces ‘shock result’

Mars Bar bribe swings St Patrick’s Boys’ National School vote leaving Ó Cuiv in cold

Fri Feb 26 2016 - 20:50

Galway and Mayo bear brunt of still-rising floodwaters

Several properties succumb to flooding in spite of efforts with pumps and sandbags

Wed Dec 30 2015 - 18:29

Attack on France an attack on Irish: Aodhán Ó Riordáin

‘Grief turns to anger, anger can sometimes turn to hate - we have to make sure we don’t let that happen’

Sat Nov 14 2015 - 17:54

A 30-year-old mystery in Carna holds on to its secrets

The family of a woman who has been missing since 1985 are still looking for answers

Sat Nov 07 2015 - 14:56

Islanders among the first to vote on marriage equality

Flights to the three Aran islands off Galway were disrupted by weather

Thu May 21 2015 - 20:37

Wildlife experts express concern over aspects of Galway port expansion plan

Flood and climate change factors accounted for, harbour company tells Bord Pleanala

Fri Jan 16 2015 - 01:00

Shell begins testing at Ballinaboy terminal in north Mayo

Company has informed residents that flaring from 40m flare stacks could be ‘noisy’

Wed Nov 19 2014 - 11:50

Irish humanist ceremonies double in past year

Humanist weddings, funerals and child-naming events becoming very popular

Mon Oct 13 2014 - 11:46

Palestinian ambassador thanks Kinvara for Israeli boycott

Businesses in south Galway village gave overwhelming support

Sat Sept 06 2014 - 01:00

Winter storm aftermath continues to yield more artefacts

Call for dedicated rescue fund to deal with volume of material

Tue Apr 22 2014 - 01:01

Government allocates €2 million to Galway-Moycullen cycle route greenway

12.4km route to follow disused Galway-Clifden railway line

Fri Apr 18 2014 - 01:00

Roll-out more aid for rural areas, says Cedra report

Study recommends piloting Rural Economic Development zones to tackle unemployment

Tue Apr 15 2014 - 01:00

Army called to help families in south Galway

Galway County Council closes roads and offers assistance to home-owners in the area

Fri Feb 14 2014 - 16:00

NUIG law lecturer leads EU survey on housing evictions

Two-year project to examine evictions from mortgaged, rental and other properties with focus on right to housing

Wed Jan 08 2014 - 01:02

Tributes paid to Galway hurler

Over 1,000 people attended Niall Donohue's funeral in south Galway village of Kilbeacanty

Sun Oct 27 2013 - 18:42

Clinicians ‘need more access to research’

Science failing to communicate, conference told

Tue Aug 27 2013 - 01:00

Hundreds attend funeral of two elderly brothers

Taoiseach Enda Kenny among mourners at funeral of Jack and Tom Blaine in Castlebar, Co Mayo, today

Mon Jul 15 2013 - 18:00

Research planned into bee population collapse

Zoologists hosting workshop at NUI Galway

Thu Jun 27 2013 - 01:00