Winter storm aftermath continues to yield more artefactsCall for dedicated rescue fund to deal with volume of materialTue Apr 22 2014 - 01:01
Air Corps flies restoration materials to Skellig MichaelSeven tonnes of stone slabs flown from Valentia Island to 7th-century monastic siteMon Apr 21 2014 - 07:24
Cabin in which Shackleton died may come to his Kildare birthplaceThe explorer’s final ship’s cabin has spent decades as a farm shed in NorwaySat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
Government allocates €2 million to Galway-Moycullen cycle route greenway12.4km route to follow disused Galway-Clifden railway lineFri Apr 18 2014 - 01:00
Aran islanders warn of impact if air services curtailedAir links to Aran Islands compare favourably to other public air servicesThu Apr 17 2014 - 01:00
Galway’s drowned forest shows climate change is nothing newProf Michael Williams of NUI Galway believes planning for an uncertain future is better than spending billions to ‘temporarily defer the inevitable’Thu Apr 17 2014 - 01:00
Viking vessels engage in river race to mark Battle of Clontarf millenniumGandelows built as part of Limerick City of Culture projectTue Apr 15 2014 - 01:01
‘Poems for Patience’ unveiled at Galway hospital21 pieces of work selected for waiting areas by poet Theo DorganTue Apr 15 2014 - 01:00
Roll-out more aid for rural areas, says Cedra reportStudy recommends piloting Rural Economic Development zones to tackle unemploymentTue Apr 15 2014 - 01:00
State ‘should tackle rural unemployment’Report says Minister should assume responsibility for rural economic developmentMon Apr 14 2014 - 13:57
Camino “by sea” planned by Kerry adventurersAn Irishwoman’s Diary about an ambitious sea journeyMon Apr 14 2014 - 02:00
Centenary of birth of MJ Molloy to be markedWriter was once described as ‘greatest master of Irish folk theatre since Synge’Fri Apr 11 2014 - 01:01
Ten suicides occur weekly, says Pieta House chiefGovernment should give suicide ‘the same attention it gives to death on our roads’Thu Apr 10 2014 - 01:00
Poetry of Rita Ann Higgins on Cúirt literary trail in GalwayBooker prize winning author among participants in week-long eventWed Apr 09 2014 - 08:40
Log boat dating back 4,500 years found in Lough CorribThree Viking-style axes among artefacts recovered by Underwater Archaeology UnitWed Apr 09 2014 - 01:00
Residents seek 10,000 euro per MW of wind power generated if State’s largest onshore renewable energy project approved“Community gain” issue raised by north Mayo residentsWed Apr 09 2014 - 01:00
Tag attached to bowhead whale 12 years ago found on Connemara coastlineDevice recovered and traced to a research project in the ArcticTue Apr 08 2014 - 01:01
Another step on Galway’s stairway to heavenAn Irishwoman’s Diary about literary voices old and newMon Apr 07 2014 - 01:01
The harpist and the missionary: a love storyMusician Mary O’Hara and former priest Pádraig O’Toole had already lived eventful lives by the time they metMon Apr 07 2014 - 01:00
Ancient trackway found within ‘drowned forest’ in ConnemaraOak structure confirms human habitation before Galway Bay was formedSat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00
Citizen science and consumer power take to the coast‘Microbead’ tracking and rocky shore mapping the focus of new marine initiativesSat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00
European Court of Justice facing workload challengeSupreme Court judge Mr Justice Nial Fennelly says some 700 cases being handled annuallyFri Apr 04 2014 - 21:28
Marine food ingredient plant planned for DonegalIrish-Norwegian consortium propose €35m project to extract protein for fishmealWed Apr 02 2014 - 16:28
Irish researchers track humpback whale migratory pathTwo Irish visitors tracked from Cape Verde islands to northern latitudesMon Mar 31 2014 - 01:00
Mayo dusts down collection of art on FamineLouis le Brocquy and John Behan among artists commissioned by George Moore SocietyMon Mar 31 2014 - 01:00
Up to 230,000 farmed fish lost in February stormMooring system and several cages at farm in Bantry Bay buckled under impact of swellSun Mar 30 2014 - 22:31
Galway’s property growth: is it a blip? Is it a bubble? Is it bananas?House sales are up in the city and county, but ghost estates, “repo courts” and big price differences are still part of the property landscapeSat Mar 29 2014 - 01:00
Archbishop Tutu calls for independent inquiry into policing of Corrib gas projectSignatories supporting call by Afri include former UN assistant secretary general Denis Halliday and ex-Garda Sgt Bernard McCabeSat Mar 29 2014 - 01:00
Galway university replaces maths exam after papers viewed onlineNUI Galway is reviewing IT security systemFri Mar 28 2014 - 01:00
Shatter rules out further inquiry into Air Corps crashCadet’s family had been seeking removal of ‘false evidence’ from military inquiry reportWed Mar 26 2014 - 20:43
Stem cell trials on tackling osteoarthritis may lead to treatment in five yearsNUI Galway team involved in EU projectWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:01
Green shoots in national garden dedicated to organ donors and recipients in Galway“The best gift in the world,” recipient saysTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
Activist Margaretta D’Arcy released from prisonAosdána member served nine-and-a-half weeks of three month termSat Mar 22 2014 - 17:28
Schools discriminate against ‘new Irish’, study warnsNUI Galway identifies discriminatory school enrolment as factorWed Mar 19 2014 - 01:00
Journalism ‘infected by corporate public relations’Ed Vulliamy addresses Co Mayo meeting on the media and Corrib gas projectTue Mar 18 2014 - 12:23
Salsa dancers, serpents and sliotars at Galway paradeCity’s ethnic mix evident among participants who marched from the Claddagh to Eyre SquareMon Mar 17 2014 - 17:27
Fish farm licence delay ‘costing 2,000 jobs’IFA report says 600 applications ‘in the system’ for up to seven yearsMon Mar 17 2014 - 01:02
Director of the Golden Eagle Trust concerned for the long termNo evidence of “urban prejudice” against small farmers as guardians of the landscapeSat Mar 15 2014 - 01:01
Great white shark turns tail and heads towards GreenlandBiologist says tagged great white likely to head west as waters coolSat Mar 15 2014 - 01:01
Atlantic mackerel deal welcomed€1 billion north-east Atlantic mackerel fishery is worth over €125 million to IrelandWed Mar 12 2014 - 21:14
D’Arcy to be released from prison next weekActivist will have served 9½ weeks of 12-week sentenceWed Mar 12 2014 - 01:00
Shell to Sea criticises appointment of UK consultants for energy reviewWood Mackenzie has ‘close connections’ to oil and gas industry, campaign group saysWed Mar 12 2014 - 01:00
Coveney plays down Dutch supertrawler’s presence off west coastAustralian PM Tony Abbott pledges two-year ban on FV Margiris in his country’s watersTue Mar 11 2014 - 10:29
Call to recognise Travellers as ethnic group before UN reviewTwentieth anniversary of Galway Traveller Movement markedTue Mar 11 2014 - 09:15
Benzene emission risk to small children not provided for in planning regulations, department saysResearch says low levels of benzene increase childhood cancer riskTue Mar 11 2014 - 01:00
Great white shark tracked 1,200kms off Irish coast‘Lydia’ was tagged off Florida by scientists and has crossed Atlantic in last 24 hoursMon Mar 10 2014 - 16:35
Aran ferry in dry dock needs plan, says DeenihanMeeting on Naomh Eanna’s future to take place this monthMon Mar 10 2014 - 01:00
Storms reveal 7,500-year-old ‘drowned forest’ on north Galway coastlineEvidence confirms Galway Bay once covered in forests and lagoonsFri Mar 07 2014 - 06:52
British and Irish governments’ ‘silence’ over evidence of collusion in killings criticisedAuthor and campaigner address NUI Galway Irish Centre for Human RightsWed Mar 05 2014 - 01:00
