Extracts from Search and Rescue – True Stories of Irish Air-Sea Rescues and the Loss of R116

Teenage dinghy sailors circumnavigate Ireland on stationary bikes for charity

Aspirin’s benefits now more questionable due to possible risk of internal bleeding

Grieving daughter Nadia pays tribute to mother and friend ‘inspired by generosity’

Over 170 submissions received on draft plan for managing coastal and offshore resource

An Irishwoman’s Diary on the inside stories and dramatic images of lighthouses

Three new appointments to the capital of culture board and new creative director promised in New Year

Creed announces restrictions on vessels more than 18m long due to start in 2020

Irish Ferry move could severely hit Irish, Spanish and French fish exporters, warns co-op

Environmental groups say EU ministers have disregarded scientific advice

Bernard Lucas believes safety flaws were behind his volunteer wife Caitríona’s death at sea

Former principal retires after hosting 100 festivals in adoptive north Connemara village

Irish Coast Guard vessel was taking in water and had no working radar, report finds

Shane Ross pledges to implement all marine report recommendations after inquiry into death

Final report into Caitriona Lucas’s death finds deficiencies in safety management

Safety management system cited as factor in 2016 death of volunteer off Clare coast

It was still known as the ‘last outpost of paganism’ in the west when St Féchin of relocated there from Co Sligo in the seventh ce(...)

‘If we didn’t love it, we wouldn’t get up and run’

Galway pharmacist Frank McAnena’s doorstep calls to patients saves lives and money. So why won’t health officials listen to him?

Finnish Helsinki region and Scottish highlands already providing models

Protests near the site at Bellacorick highlight concerns about the developers’ approach

Community boatbuilding project working on the ‘Lovely Anne’ gleoiteog

Artists given briefing document with suggested answers to questions from public

Irish Water Safety concerned about number of recent kayaking tragedies in Ireland

Galway events will commemorate 1,400 men from county who died in WWI

Former EPA director calls for networked strategy, criticises ‘dysfunctional incrementalism’

Scientists believe they have identified area where female sharks lay eggs

Government measures needed to underpin ethnic status, Traveller group says

Homeless agency compiles new history of Mercy Order building ahead of its conversion

Draft audit highlights flaws in controlling factories and mackerel and herring fleet

President calls for a ‘value-based politics’ during event following his re-election

Man was crushed during loading of trailers on vessel at Dublin Port in June 2017

Boat and lifesaving training come in handy as boys pilot a Rib in darkness to effect rescue

There were otherworldly vibes in the city centre for the fifth Macnas Halloween parade

‘All useless’ and ‘no to abortion’ among comments on spoiled ballot papers

Public consultation is under way on a marine plan for Ireland, and everyone agrees on one principle

‘Until Peter Casey did his Donald Trump, I wasn’t so interested, but I couldn’t rest after that’ – Annie McDonagh

First stages in planning application for ring road made to An Bord Pleanála

Four Galway islands average 30% turnout

Three of 63 registered voters in Inishboffin off Donegal had voted by time polling station closed

Fianna Fáil’s Éamon Ó Cuív hopes this week’s vote is the last time that islanders vote on a different day to the rest of the State

‘Ceannt Quarter’ development to include hotel, residential, community and retail

Galway historian had been given no inkling of the decision when she met Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Monday night

Decision to excavate and exhume site of Tuam mother and baby home welcomed

Explorer Arved Fuchs tries to engage people emotionally with what he has seen

Two Aosdána poets calling for artists to take over cultural capital project’s creative leadership

Presidential candidate claimed President had objected to Traveller halting site in 1968

Higgins calls for team of local artists to be appointed to provide creative lead

Preliminary postmortem results rule out any suspicious circumstances in death of Martin Carroll (29)

Proposal emerges to maintain vital link if no deal in talks with existing service provider

Scheme to protect farmers from claims by walkers with Attorney General

Ballinrobe, Banagher, Boyle, Callan, Cappoquin, Castleblayney selected for pilot project

Ombudsman for Children Dr Niall Muldoon criticises State reliance on private rental sector

Ship expected to be commissioned next year

Cope Galway’s figures shows homelessness increasing in western capital

‘We didn’t come out dancing, but we didn’t come out crying,’ says spokeswoman

Investigatory body urges campaign about dangers of intoxication while at sea

‘Need for voice of the uplands to be heard’ says national co-ordinator Mary Mulvey

Organisation said former EU Commissioner left due to unavailablity for board meetings

Richard Hayes circumnavigated Ireland solo in a tiny dinghy to raise funds for cardiology equipment in memory of his mother

Children as young as 13 buying drugs illegally online, says Niall McNelis

Confirmation of resignation of John Crumlish follows Druid’s withdrawal of flagship production

Loss of planned project with writer Colm Tóibín for Inis Meáin a significant blow

Concern about capital of culture project mounts among artists

Proposed route advanced by planners includes 18km link between east and west of city

Men with stout sticks, women and children were spellbound as he spoke from the ‘gig rig’

Businessman says presidency should be as ‘transparent as possible because it is taxpayer’s money’

Key people have left, only half its budget is in place, and its vision is unclear. What went wrong?

Funds come from unspent money raised for care of Andrew Lydon who died of condition

Minister for Transport Shane Ross says he ‘accepts in full’ all 12 recommendations

Project Ceannt on CIÉ lands will be one of State’s biggest-ever urban regeneration schemes

Elvira Ferraii was in a caravan when it was overturned and swept into the sea near Clifden

President Higgins expresses condolences over woman’s death in Claddaghduff

Storm force 11 winds batter Ireland amid orange alert

HSE funding shortfall could delay project

Lack of medical facilities in west highlighted amid fears funding shortage will hit projects

Listening devices will monitor links between ocean wave activity, landslides and tsunamis

Offshore oil and gas extraction poses a huge threat to the health of marine ecosystems

Arts groups seeking meeting with city and county managers over debacle

‘How (not) to do public policy’ analysis to be debated at NUI Galway conference

Irish Traveller Movement calls for dedicated housing agency to bypass local authorities

Departure of Hannah Kiely comes just months after project lost creative director

Cllr Niall McNelis says ‘ego is totally bruised’ after being punched in face by man

Review of controversial route may result in extension of line beyond Athenry

Fianna Fáil TD says he would ‘not do anything’ that would force him to leave the party

Spanish defence ministry tweets Nato hashtag during exercise between its frigate and LÉ James Joyce

Presidential hopeful asked about her claims of collusion in murder of Veronica Guerin

Sean Gallagher says he is not seeking to ‘replace’ President Higgins but to ‘carry on with the great work he had undertaken’

However, Fine Gael doesn’t get too many votes on islands now, several residents recalled

Speaking on Aran Islands, Leo Varadkar says he intends to ‘keep asking’ for talks with FF

Owners of Spanish vessel held off southwest says Irish authorities misinterpreted EU rules

Most valuable compounds can be synthesised in laboratories

Coroner is the responsible office-holder; Bon Secours order holds obligations – network

Minister asked Pope Francis to ‘demonstrate remorse’ for treatment of woman, children with swift action

Delight among crowd of over 40,000 as pope tours Knock shrine and acknowledged ‘open wound’ of abuse

Independent report identifies ‘confusion’ in relation to oversight of air-sea search and rescue

‘Critical deficiencies’ with communication on coast guard boat

Irish Coast Guard volunteer was a victim of a failure to learn lessons from the past