Suspended sentence for paedophile who abused boy (7)
Insults and accusations were traded on the steps of Galway Courthouse between the family of a convicted paedophile and his victim after a suspended sentence was imposed on the perpetrator moments...
View ArticleWoman killed in Moycullen dog attack named locally
The woman who died after being attacked by dogs in Moycullen yesterday has been named locally as Teresa McDonagh. It’s understood Ms McDonagh was visiting a relative at a house in Knockerassar when she...
View ArticleClonbur man killed in road crash
Clonbur is coming to terms with the death of a local man in a road crash in Mayo in the early hours of yesterday morning. Ballynonagh-native Sean Halloran was the front-seat passenger of the car that...
View ArticlePrivate operator appointed to empty city litter bins
Concerns have been raised that some of the city’s tourist hotspots – including Spanish Arch and Salthill Prom – could be left with overflowing bins because of a City Council privatisation proposal. The...
View ArticleWell-known Galway estate agent killed in M6 crash
The man killed in a car crash on the M6 near Athlone on Saturday afternoon has been named as 42-year-old Oisín Allman, a well-known estate agent in Galway. Mr Allman was driving westbound at around...
View Article29-year-old dies following water rescue
A young man has died in hospital after being rescued from the water in the city overnight. The alarm was raised just after midnight when the 29-year old entered the water near Fisheries Field. Gardaí...
View ArticleGalway Street Club – how the city’s buskers created a band by accident
Walking down Shop Street is a wonderful experience – assuming you’re not in a rush that is, because buskers take over. But one band in particular grabs your eye and your ears and that is the Galway...
View ArticlePreferred option for Kirwan junction to be presented to councillors
A ‘favoured’ engineering option for the Kirwan Roundabout junction close to the Menlo Park Hotel now seems likely to be presented to councillors this month. Last January, councillors were presented...
View ArticleTraveller families protest against eviction from hardstand
Traveller families are protesting at a hardstand in Salthill today after the City Council served them with notice to quit. The protest is being led by Galway Traveller Movement which says any attempt...
View ArticleNUIG student dies in hospital following road crash
NUI Galway student, Orla O’Malley from Cross, Co. Mayo has become the second person to die following a car crash in Tourmakeady in the early hours of Sunday. She passed away in Mayo General Hospital in...
View ArticleMissing Kilannin man recovering in hospital
An elderly man who had been missing from the Killanin area of Rosscahill over the weekend is recovering in hospital this evening. The single man, aged in his seventies, was found by a local search...
View ArticleBelgian college head could face jail over GMIT student deaths
A court hearing is underway in the Belgian city of Leuven in connection with a fire which killed two GMIT students in the city in January 2014. The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe and the...
View ArticleLegal dispute sees several procedures cancelled at Galway Clinic
A number of procedures at Galway Clinic have been cancelled due to a legal dispute involving a consultant at the private hospital. The Galway Clinic has been accused in the High Court of attempting to...
View ArticleCity Council may consider court action against Traveller families
The City Council says it will consider court action if ten Traveller families at a Salthill hardstand refuse to move on. There are up to 16 families living at the Cúl Trá site, which was originally...
View ArticleOne in five Galway drivers have penalty points
One in five Galway drivers have penalty points on their licence – with people aged between 31 and 45 the biggest offenders. Figures released by the RSA to Sinn Féin TD Peadar Tóibín reveal that between...
View ArticleCross-religion condemnation of attack on Galway mosque
Five prominent religious leaders in Galway have issued a joint statement condemning the weekend attack on the Maryam Mosque in Ballybrit in the city The Catholic Diocese administrator Canon Michael...
View ArticleNUI Galway climbs six places in world university rankings
NUI Galway has climbed six places in the QS World University Ranking 2017/2018, placing it in the world’s Top 1 percent. The university has now reached No. 243 in the world. This is the fifth...
View ArticleGalway City mosque to hold open day
Galway’s Maryam mosque will open its doors to the public this weekend in a bid to spread a better understanding of Islam. The mosque at the Old Monivea Road in Ballybrit made international headlines...
View ArticleCommunity rallies to back Galway braveheart in cancer battle
Life changed irrevocably for the Gaynor family of Na Forbacha on the night of April 26, 2015. Up to then, Ronan Gaynor was like any other three-year old boy – an adventurous, bundle of joy. “Ronan...
View ArticleGardaí on trail of guy acting the gnome
There’s something queer going on in the Claregalway hinterland involving garden gnomes and farmyard troughs – and Gardaí are determined to get to the bottom of it. Three incidents have been reported in...
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