Lifeboat service seeking sailors’ help in safety surveyOver 620 recreational sailors rescued by Irish lifeboat crews in last five yearsFri Mar 27 2015 - 14:04
Irish Water’s handling of Galway contamination issue criticisedWarnings over kerosene in tap water issued to 75 homes five days after first complaintThu Mar 26 2015 - 18:39
Valentia Coast Guard marine rescue centre marks centenaryLusitania and Air India disasters among incidents over the past 100 years which were handled by radio station which ‘never sleeps’Thu Mar 26 2015 - 12:15
National Maritime College secures Canary Islands contractOffshore survival training a joint venture with Cork-based simulator manufacturerWed Mar 25 2015 - 01:00
Siptu members told to boycott NUIG gender equality taskforceAcademics directed not to work with group as union presses for ‘independent’ inquiryTue Mar 24 2015 - 21:55
Changes to Government’s social inclusion programme a “blow to local democracy”Protest by Forum Connemara over impact on marginalised communitiesTue Mar 24 2015 - 01:00
An Irishwoman’s Diary on ‘Le Un’, a print newspaper with a differenceTrue to typeMon Mar 23 2015 - 13:18
Group questions Galway bypass planGalway N6 Action Group opposes revived plan involving demolition of up to 120 homes, and says transfer of responsibility for bypass from city to county council may be ‘void’Mon Mar 23 2015 - 01:00
West of Ireland experiences ‘almost total ’ solar eclipseGalway Bay’s clear skies drew hundreds of spectators for the astronomical eventFri Mar 20 2015 - 16:36
Solar eclipse 2015: Brief glimpses as clouds hide spectacleDaylight levels return to normal after moon obscures sun up to 95% in skies over IrelandFri Mar 20 2015 - 11:50
EI raised concerns about sale of seaweed company ArramaraSale to Canadians subject to a 10-year confidentiality clauseFri Mar 20 2015 - 07:23
Sea Fisheries Authority suspends fish factory permitInvestigation follows allegations that weighing scales were tampered with in Dingle, Co KerryThu Mar 19 2015 - 01:00
Global salmon farmers producing 14.8bn meals a year, says reportLand farming alone cannot feed the world, salmon farmers claimWed Mar 18 2015 - 01:00
Concern about State response to dislodged Corrib discharge pipeErris Inshore Fishermen’s Association queries why EPA has not sent officials to inspectMon Mar 16 2015 - 20:18
Withdrawing Household Charge action ‘does not set precedent’Charges against Westport builder Tony Keegan for failing to make declaration withdrawnSat Mar 14 2015 - 01:00
Corrib discharge pipe surfaces after storms in north MayoEnvironmental Protection Agency says pipe was transporting ‘mainly rainwater’Fri Mar 13 2015 - 20:46
Nine in 10 medical students may leave Ireland on qualifyingCulture of ‘intention to migrate’ across all six of State’s medical training schoolsThu Mar 12 2015 - 01:00
Joseph O’Neill and Irvine Welsh for Cúirt festivalSara Baume and Colm Tóibín will also take part in this year’s literary event in GalwayWed Mar 11 2015 - 16:33
Irish monks’ efforts to counteract English ‘spin’ a theme of Donegal schoolEvent looks at monks’attempts to change 17th century idea of Irish as ‘barbarians’Mon Mar 09 2015 - 06:52
Galway medical orchestra due to perform at Rome festivalOrchestra focuses on ‘healing power of music’ and ‘essential role of the arts in medicine’Mon Mar 09 2015 - 06:25
More than 600 granted asylum have no homesSuccessful asylum seekers caught in direct provision due to housing crisisMon Mar 09 2015 - 01:00
Asylum case study: Transition challenging for applicants seeking homesMother of four children aged five to 15 spent seven years in system prior to residencyMon Mar 09 2015 - 01:00
Planners receive hundreds of objections to Galway city ‘bypass’Light rail and variety of other public transport options should be explored – universitySat Mar 07 2015 - 01:01
Shell gig invite turned down by The Saw DoctorsMayo band involving Corrib gas terminal staff to fill the breachFri Mar 06 2015 - 22:49
NUI Galway students vote for legalisation of cannabisNearly 1,800 votes supported the motion, while 838 were againstFri Mar 06 2015 - 14:45
WB Yeats 150th anniversary marked by full moon harpists in south GalwayYeats poetry to be displayed on London UndergroundWed Mar 04 2015 - 22:23
Young urged to apply for Clipper sail-training bursariesTraining with Clipper round world yacht race crew to be held off southern EnglandWed Mar 04 2015 - 20:00
Campaign to promote community based politics across State1st Independent Mayo say they are ‘not quite Ireland’s answer to Syriza’Mon Mar 02 2015 - 19:01
Movers and shakers, salsa and sean-nos celebrated in Galway filmState’s most multicultural city offers ‘alternative to drink culture’Mon Mar 02 2015 - 14:44
Bahá’is campaign for educational freedom in IranCall for Irish universities to recognise ‘illegal’ qualifications of persecuted minorityMon Mar 02 2015 - 01:00
Met Éireann issues alert as wintry snap continuesForecasters say cold air from Canada will bring more rain, sleet, snow and iceMon Mar 02 2015 - 01:00
Brrr...wrap up as Met Éireann issues snow and ice warningsSurfers in the west brave the cold for the ‘scary, big waves’Sun Mar 01 2015 - 18:34
NUIG criticised for asking job seekers about menstrual cycleUniversity to review pre-employment health screening after accusation of ‘invasive’ questionSat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
NUI Galway approves membership of gender equality taskforceSiptu repeats call for independent equality audit and criticises lack of consultationSat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
Garda whistleblower urges ‘mature’ debate on legalising cannabisNUIG student societies advocating legalisation in referendum next weekFri Feb 27 2015 - 18:56
Megalithic rock-scribing found near Croagh PatrickPrehistoric ornamentation may have been inspired by ‘rolling sun’ phenomenonFri Feb 27 2015 - 09:14
Hospitals breaching human rights of the elderly, GP saysDr Mary Rogan says inadequate staffing levels are impacting on older patientsThu Feb 26 2015 - 21:23
Gender equality demonstration held at NUI GalwayDemonstration supported by Micheline Sheehy Skeffington, who won an equality case against the universityWed Feb 25 2015 - 21:42
First stage of Ulster Canal restoration due to begin in AprilSome €2m will be spent on a section of the Shannon-Erne waterwayTue Feb 24 2015 - 20:20
Alarming rise in stranded deepwater whales on Irish and Scottish coastsMarine scientists worried about 80% spike in Cuvier’s beaked whale strandings this winterTue Feb 24 2015 - 18:22
Apple’s €850 million data centre gets big welcome in GalwayThe only byproduct of the tech giant’s plant will be ‘hot air’ produced on the Coillte siteTue Feb 24 2015 - 01:15
Boat project aims to help Galway gain city of culture statusLost boatbuilding skills providing buoyant hope in docklandsSat Feb 21 2015 - 11:04
Farming groups criticise Dublin-Galway greenway routeCompulsory purchase orders opposed by IFA and ICSASat Feb 14 2015 - 10:05
Direct provision: ‘Ghosts’ and ‘spaces’ depicted in exhibitionAsylum Archive opens at Galway Arts Centre combining photography and video worksSat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00
Sligo lecturers concerned over plan to demote job titlesSt Angela’s College staff will have ‘teacher’ posts following merger with NUIGFri Feb 13 2015 - 09:42
Postmortem results on siblings found dead in Galway inconclusiveGarda says foul play not suspected and various avenues will be pursued, including possible carbon monoxide poisoningThu Feb 12 2015 - 20:54
Two British trawlers escorted into Cork after arrest off KerryDetention of vessels follows joint Naval Service and fisheries protection body inspectionThu Feb 12 2015 - 12:47
Ballybrit racecourse manager warns on Galway bypassLost revenue of up to €120m feared if any of four possible routes chosen for constructionThu Feb 12 2015 - 01:00
Postmortems due on bodies of siblings found in Galway homeGardaí pursue several lines of inquiry including carbon monoxide poisoningWed Feb 11 2015 - 20:41
