Major search ongoing in Galway for missing student Michael BuglerCoast Guard helicopter flies over Claddagh and Salthill shoreline as part of searchWed Dec 23 2015 - 17:57
Doubling of flood defence spend needed, says Simon HarrisOPW junior minister commits to €1bn national flood plan in place in a year’s timeTue Dec 22 2015 - 21:40
Devilled whitebait and mock turtle soup on menu for mock Shackleton centenary mealRecreation of last Christmas dinner on board ‘Endurance’ takes place in Dún LaoghaireTue Dec 22 2015 - 01:03
Broad welcome for BIM decision to abandon Galway fish farmWithdrawal means Coveney will not have to rule on contentious Galway Bay licenceTue Dec 22 2015 - 01:00
Aurora Borealis spotted around Ireland on winter solsticeNorthern lights sightings reported in Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Meath and DonegalMon Dec 21 2015 - 16:07
Bord Iascaigh Mhara withdraws application for Galway Bay fish farmProject had hoped to create 500 jobs in farming organic salmonMon Dec 21 2015 - 16:00
Dutch freezer trawlers inspected by Irish authoritiesIt is understood that both vessels, which have quotas to fish in Irish waters, were found to be compliantMon Dec 21 2015 - 07:18
Happy homecoming for families at Knock airportAnxious wait for relatives as flights arrive from England bearing much-missed loved onesSun Dec 20 2015 - 20:25
Teresa Mannion the sequel: reporter returns to SalthillRTÉ journalist makes video from a ‘relatively dry and calm’ Galway in aid of charity CopeSat Dec 19 2015 - 20:06
Connemara community remembers Dr Noël BrowneFormer minister for health’s battles ‘still need to be fought’ on centenary of his birthSat Dec 19 2015 - 01:00
Aran islanders urge Minister to guarantee ferry serviceIsland Ferries Ltd to cease service between Ros-a-Mhíl and Inis Mór on January 17thFri Dec 18 2015 - 19:38
Star Wars: Habitats directive ‘breached’ on Skellig MichaelBirdwatch Ireland says lack of third-party consent for filming a ‘missed opportunity’Thu Dec 17 2015 - 22:22
Solution urged over threatened cut to Aran island ferry serviceSole winter service due to cease on January 17th following Supreme Court rulingThu Dec 17 2015 - 20:43
EU fish quotas will damage Irish Sea ecosystem, trust saysIrish Wildlife Trust expresses concern over ‘continuing decline of marine environment’Thu Dec 17 2015 - 14:16
World’s lakes warming more rapidly than oceansMayo lake one of 235 waterways studied across six continentsThu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
New, higher fish quotas for Ireland welcomed by fishermenOvernight talks see ban on discarding undersized prawn, whiting, haddock and hakeWed Dec 16 2015 - 10:20
Aran islanders to lose sole ferry service to Inis MórIsland Ferries Teo will stop ferry run from mainland to Cill Rónáin from January 17thTue Dec 15 2015 - 20:34
One man and his dog: Dynamic duo trek through BalkansMark Keating and Pajo journey 2,000km in memory of Irish sacrifice in first world warTue Dec 15 2015 - 14:13
No review of Ireland’s agri-food strategy in wake of climate dealMinister welcomes ‘ambitious’ pact – but no rethink of State food plan required as a resultMon Dec 14 2015 - 21:20
Permit scheme for migrant fishing crew in new year – CoveneyAnnual fish quota talks in Brussels to extend ban on discards to several whitefish speciesMon Dec 14 2015 - 21:19
Observers boarding supertrawlers ‘no problem’, says Dutch associationGroup insists its fisheries in Irish waters are ‘clean’ as EU quota talks begin in BrusselsMon Dec 14 2015 - 01:00
Saturday’s rain will decide extent of west flood risksConnacht village of Cong surrounded by water but wine still mulling at Ashford CastleSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
Girl scout (14) dies following Hook Head rescue after stormIncident occurred on Sunday during expedition by 55th SCR scout group to WexfordFri Dec 11 2015 - 15:00
Villages and hamlets in south Mayo turned into ‘islands’With Corrib and Mask lakes full to brimming, flooding is at levels beyond living memoryFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00
Watch out Babe, here’s Honky, the pig that thinks she’s a dogCo Meath animal ‘quacks like a duck, wags her tail like a pup, and spins till she falls over’Thu Dec 10 2015 - 01:00
Inquiry by air accident unit into winch rescue beginsCoast Guard had notified AAIU of incident where girl slipped mid-rescue from winchWed Dec 09 2015 - 19:12
Lakeside town on Shannon has learned from previous floodingTributes paid in Portumna, Co Galway, to ‘fantastic’ State agency responseWed Dec 09 2015 - 09:04
Communities in west remain on alert for floodingIFA criticises plans for early-warning system for flooding as ‘another quango’Wed Dec 09 2015 - 01:00
Helicopter crew had ‘seconds’ to rescue two teenagersConditions extremely difficult when teens swept off rocks near Hook Head on SundayTue Dec 08 2015 - 20:50
Galway farmer relives nightmare of ruinous deluge‘I was going up to shower when the river met me in the hall’Tue Dec 08 2015 - 10:15
Blood cancer research network puts Ireland on the mapThe €2.2 million network aims to make new drugs and treatments available to patients with all types of blood cancer across Ireland over the next five yearsTue Dec 08 2015 - 06:00
Worst of flooding not yet over, Galway council engineer warnsShannon, Suck, Clare and Dunkellin and tributaries absorbing month’s rainfall in a dayTue Dec 08 2015 - 01:00
Death knell tolling for Irish as community language – expertFluent native speaker disturbed by witnessing the ‘death of Gaeltacht that I grew up in’Mon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00
Storm Desmond results in floods, power cuts and road closuresClean-up begins across country after storm leaves trail of destructionMon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00
World university rankings need to factor in gender equality – expertChange must come from ‘leadership at top’, forum on contentious issue at NUIG toldFri Dec 04 2015 - 20:51
Galway hospital staff say people collapsing in waiting roomManagement plan for new building “rebuffed” , Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin saysFri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00
Irish climate change observatory faces uncertain futureData gathered at station in Connemara underpins science at climate change summitFri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00
UL tops gender equality table for academic staffNUI Galway worst performer say women academics on eve of conference on topicThu Dec 03 2015 - 21:35
Island education: ‘Once there was a stigma, now everyone wants to be an islander’Offshore island schools – from west Cork up to northwest Donegal – face particular challenges, but they strengthen island life and cultureTue Dec 01 2015 - 13:00
Higgins says no widespread backing for ethical societyPresident notes role of ‘individualism’ and ‘insatiable consumption’ in economic crisisTue Dec 01 2015 - 01:00
Call for 24-hour treatment, support for sexually abused childrenManuela Riedo Foundation funding shortfall in State support for rape crisis networksMon Nov 30 2015 - 17:36
Mary Robinson to open State’s first presidential archive and research centre in 2017Former president recalls her inauguration 25 years ago this weekSun Nov 29 2015 - 21:40
Thousands brave storm for climate marches around IrelandAbout 5,000 people march through Dublin to pressure leaders ahead of COP21 summitSun Nov 29 2015 - 17:43
COP21: Mary Robinson ‘hopeful’ of climate agreement in ParisFormer president expresses sorrow at use of ‘language of war’ in wake of Paris attacksSun Nov 29 2015 - 16:45
Dramatic trawler sinking brings tension to TG4 documentaryMicheál Conneely made film on Aran island fleet’s winter pursuit of mackerelFri Nov 27 2015 - 21:25
Compensation for women duped by covert police officersCampaigners opposed to the Corrib gas project pay tribute to the women deceived into forming relationships with the men, one of whom spent time at a Shell to Sea workshop in MayoMon Nov 23 2015 - 01:00
Deep sea chimneys discovered by Irish science research shipScientists have nicknamed the area “Chimney-henge”: In a world of no sunlight, microrganisms living off methane and toxic hydrogen sulphiteWed Nov 18 2015 - 21:23
New chief of staff sets out national security priorities‘Biggest challenge is to ensure our force is ready,’ says Ireland’s most senior sailorWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Galway Diwali festival calls for world peaceLife of Savita Halappanavar remembered by Indian communityMon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00
Dr Noël Browne: ‘Mesmerising’ and ‘infuriating’NUI Galway marks centenary of birth and hears of pioneering period as health ministerMon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00
