Naval divers call off the search for bodies of missing fishermenThe underwater search for the bodies of three fishermen lost off Mizen Head on the St Gervase has been stopped by the Naval Service…Tue Jan 02 2001 - 00:00
Widow's death being treated as suspiciousGarda in Galway are treating the death of an elderly Connemara woman as "suspicious", following the discovery of her body by …Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
Road and air travel hampered by snow and freezing fogSnow and freezing fog paralysed travel in much of the west yesterday, with Iarnrod Eireann providing the only reliable link with…Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
Angling organisation refuses to co-operate with salmon-tagging and logbook schemeOne of the main angling organisations has warned of a "storm brewing" over the new wild salmon-tagging and logbook scheme, which…Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
Ballinasloe angry over 60 job lossesThere was angry reaction last night to the announcement that the US pen manufacturing firm, A.TFri Dec 29 2000 - 00:00
Loran-C navigation mast may go to Cork or Kerry siteThe Minister for the Marine, Mr Fahey, is examining several alternative sites on the Cork and Kerry coastline for the Loran-C…Fri Dec 29 2000 - 00:00
Snow on islands and Burren frost with travel disrupted once againSnow on the Aran Islands and frost over the Burren marked a continuation of the cold snap in the west yesterdayFri Dec 29 2000 - 00:00
Drivers warned to avoid unnecessary travelGardai have warned motorists to avoid making all but essential journeys because of continuing snow and low temperatures in western…Thu Dec 28 2000 - 00:00
Yachtsman rescued off south coastA French sailor was rescued off the south coast yesterday after his yacht collided with a Norwegian tanker.Wed Dec 27 2000 - 00:00
Naval Service plan welcomedA new plan for the Naval Service signed into law by the Minister for Defence last week has been welcomed by the Representative…Wed Dec 27 2000 - 00:00
Study of rail freight transport at ports orderedThe Minister for the Marine, Mr Fahey, is to examine the construction of an oil pipeline between Dublin Port and Dublin Airport…Wed Dec 27 2000 - 00:00
West's first marina to be built in SligoConnacht's first public marina is expected to be built in Rosses Point, Co Sligo, following approval of £1 million towards the…Thu Dec 21 2000 - 00:00
£5m fishing vessel launched in KillybegsThe Minister for the Marine, Mr Fahey, has launched the largest new fishing vessel under the Government's fleet renewal scheme…Thu Dec 21 2000 - 00:00
State to purchase £23m marine research vesselThe Taoiseach has authorised purchase of the State's largest marine research vessel which will be built at a cost of £23 million…Wed Dec 20 2000 - 00:00
Aer Arann, Loganair awarded routesAer Arann Express and Loganair have been awarded contracts for six regional air routes valued at £32 million over the next three…Tue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00
Voyage of sunken ship cause of wonderThe final journey of a Spanish flagship on to the seabed in Bantry Bay is one that will be a source of wonder for some time to…Tue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00
Murdered teacher's family criticises MinisterThe family of Mrs Nancy Nolan, the 80year-old Co Galway widow who was murdered by a man on temporary release from Castlerea Prison…Mon Dec 18 2000 - 00:00
Survey warns of coastal erosionErosion is still the main threat to the Irish coastline, while dumping of builders' rubble and farm waste at sea has also increased…Sat Dec 16 2000 - 00:00
Rescue helicopter to be based in SligoThe Air Corps is to relocate the north-west Dauphin rescue helicopter to a new base at Sligo Airport on a temporary basis, subject…Sat Dec 16 2000 - 00:00
Prospect of new offshore licensing round hinges on firms' `commitment'The Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, Mr Fahey, intends to initiate a new licensing round for petroleum exploration…Thu Dec 14 2000 - 00:00
Fahey faces test on fish stock plansThe European Commission is proposing the most draconian cuts of fish stocks in almost two decades when European fisheries ministers…Wed Dec 13 2000 - 00:00
8% of drinking water supplies found to be flawedAlmost one in 10 of the State's public drinking water supplies is unsatisfactory, according to the latest water quality report…Tue Dec 12 2000 - 00:00
`Ghostly' ship drifts 140 miles to coastA Spanish fishing vessel believed to have sunk a week ago has floated 140 miles in to the south-west Irish coast and has landed…Mon Dec 11 2000 - 00:00
TD to raise murder by prisoner on day releaseGalway East TD Mr Paul Connaughton intends to raise in the Dail tomorrow the murder of retired schoolteacher Ms Nancy Nolan by…Mon Dec 11 2000 - 00:00
Avoiding conflict about fish farmingPotential conflict over aquaculture projects can be avoided through local management plans, the Minister for the Marine and Natural…Mon Dec 11 2000 - 00:00
Writers summoned to CurraunIt would be difficult to imagine Cleo Watson, poet, artist and nurse, living a "normal or humdrum" lifeMon Dec 11 2000 - 00:00
Shellfish farmers to get urgent help from packageWest coast shellfish farmers facing financial ruin this year will be treated "urgently, generously and fairly" in the Government…Mon Dec 11 2000 - 00:00
Fahey gives £7m to Rossaveal harbourThe Minister for the Marine, Mr Fahey, began spending his Department's share ofthe Budget in his home constituency of Galway …Sat Dec 09 2000 - 00:00
Fahey urged to implement report on safety at seaThe Minister for the Marine, Mr Fahey, has been urged to implement fully the safety recommendations made by a Government review…Thu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00
Support groups alliance protests to Taoiseach over amended Refugee ActThe Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway is part of a new west of Ireland alliance…Tue Dec 05 2000 - 00:00
New Galway centre gets record fundingNUI Galway has been awarded more than £2 million for a new research centre to focus on present-day transnational movements of…Tue Dec 05 2000 - 00:00
Fishermen seek new allowance in BudgetThe Irish South and West Fishermen's Organisation wants the Minister for Finance to introduce a marine allowance in the Budget…Tue Dec 05 2000 - 00:00
Navy salutes its first two women officersSix years after the Naval Service began recruiting women, the first two female officers have graduated - and a female cadet has…Tue Dec 05 2000 - 00:00
Higgins bemoans `key issues' debateThe senior Labour deputy and Galway West TD, Mr Michael DMon Dec 04 2000 - 00:00
Galway drivers to keep hospital coverTaxi-drivers in Galway have decided against returning to work before tonightFri Dec 01 2000 - 00:00
Fall in complaints about industrial noise and smellsComplaints about noise and smells associated with industry have fallen, and most companies are complying very well with pollution…Thu Nov 30 2000 - 00:00
EU plans to set up maritime safety bodyA European Union proposal to set up a maritime safety agency has been welcomed by Green MEP Ms Patricia McKenna, but she has …Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Air-crash facilities `a matter for Air Corps'The Department of Defence has said that provision of crash-rescue facilities at military air bases is the responsibility of Air…Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
O Cuiv wants air base relocatedThe relocation of Baldonnel military air base in west Dublin, to Department of Defence lands at Oranmore, Co Galway, has been…Mon Nov 27 2000 - 00:00
Night helicopter cover suspendedNight-time helicopter cover from the Air Corps base in Finner, Co Donegal, had to be suspended this week due to technical difficulties…Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
Call to develop the economic potential of seaweed industryIreland will continue to lose out on a £50 million bonanza along its coastline unless there is a specific State commitment to…Thu Nov 23 2000 - 00:00
Corporation says it has no alternative but to keep using the siteGalway Corporation says it has no plans to close a halting site beside a closed landfill at Carrowbrowne following settlement…Wed Nov 22 2000 - 00:00
60 jobs planned by Valois in GalwayA French manufacturing company is to provide 60 new jobs over the next five years in a £7 million (€8Tue Nov 21 2000 - 00:00
Board defends its health cafe projectThe Western Health Board says it is committed to a comprehensive development of mother-and-child facilities in the paediatric…Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00
Winning women to join bandWhen the victorious Mayo women's Gaelic football team was returning home several months ago, it took a Saw Doctors number as …Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00
GAA accused of greed over sale of fieldThe GAA has been accused by a Galway community of succumbing to the "greed of the Celtic Tiger", following a decision by the …Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00
Chamber orchestra heads westThe Irish Chamber Orchestra (ICO) takes to Connemara later this week, when it performs in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in …Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00
Survey in Galway West finds Molloy with highest satisfaction ratingThe Progressive Democrats' Minister of State for the Environment, Mr Robert Molloy, has recorded the highest satisfaction rating…Wed Nov 15 2000 - 00:00
Toxin test system causing big losses, say shellfish farmersShellfish farmers have called for a speedier response from the Food Safety Authority on toxin testing, following one of the worst…Wed Nov 15 2000 - 00:00
Rollerball shows how to cut seabed damageA new rollerball system designed in Howth, Co Dublin, and tested by an Aran Island skipper, could solve environmental problems…Wed Nov 15 2000 - 00:00
