Connemara

Galway location sells Lotto jackpot winning ticket worth more than €7 million

Win is the 10th jackpot won in the country so far this year

Fri Nov 22 2024 - 06:00

Council admits flaw in authorisation of flood relief work close to Kylemore Abbey in Galway

Proceedings related to works in and around Kylemore Bridge in Connemara

Mon Oct 07 2024 - 19:00

Connemara pony show events postponed due to prospect of heavy rain

Forecast of wet weather on Thursday and Friday leads to rescheduling of parts of popular Clifden event

Tue Aug 20 2024 - 10:19

Gourmet getaways: The best places to eat and drink in Connemara

Open sandwiches, lobster rolls, light sparkling on the water, and honesty boxes: why Connemara might be the best place in the world

Sun Jul 21 2024 - 05:00

The business of Irish colleges

Who runs them, how many do they teach, how much State money do they get?

Mon Jul 01 2024 - 06:00

Selling Sunset, Galway style: ultra-modern Connemara home on the ocean’s edge for €2m

Considerable 321sq m house has an abundance of glass to make the most of impressive sea views

Thu Jun 20 2024 - 06:00

‘He found his god in his family and in the sea’: Sailor who drowned off Connemara remembered at memorial

Conor McLoughlin of Foynes Yacht Club went missing last week while sailing with his wife near Macdara’s Island off Galway coast

Thu Jun 13 2024 - 16:48

Body recovered in search for sailor missing off Connemara coast

Coastguard, RNLI lifeboats and Gardaí had been searching for yachtsman Conor McLoughlin since he was reported missing on Thursday evening

Sat Jun 08 2024 - 14:05

‘You mean to say we spent £80 and we don’t even get to see her tits?’: Roger Corman’s Irish studio was from another age

Hugh Linehan: Director set up in Galway in the mid-1990s, when he was in his 70s, and churned out his trademark low-budget exploitation movies there

Mon May 20 2024 - 13:04

Connemara hunting lodge on private island adored by earls and kings for €2.9m

Connemara estate includes Victorian house on private island, two further houses and exclusive shooting rights on 9,600 acres

Tue May 07 2024 - 06:00

Restoring bogs is more complex than just removing trees

State-owned forestry body views stalled Connemara project as a pilot site for an ambitious plan to restore 30,000 hectares of bog along the west by 2050

Sat Apr 20 2024 - 05:00

How three friends transformed an old pub in Connemara into a luxury retreat

A sustainable luxury holiday development in Roundstone showcases local craft and materials, rooting guests in the colours and textures of Connemara

Sun Feb 25 2024 - 05:00

What will €145,000 buy in France, Peru, Italy, Canada and Connemara?

One price, home and away: A chalet on Lac Bouchette, a dry-stone house in Cisternino and more

Fri Feb 23 2024 - 05:45

Olwen Fouéré: ‘I didn’t feel Irish. There’s a great advantage to being an outsider’

The distinctive actor and performer, currently on television in The Tourist, resists convention in both her work and personal life

Sat Jan 20 2024 - 06:00

Tánaiste contacts two councillors over ‘completely unacceptable’ Galway hotel fire comments

Micheál Martin rejects suggestion attack was prompted by Government policy on immigration

Tue Dec 19 2023 - 15:42

The green energy conundrum: Can developers and communities see eye to eye as Ireland tries to cut carbon?

Community suspicion creates obstacle to wind turbine construction: ‘It is putting profit and market before community and the environment’

Mon Dec 18 2023 - 06:00

Local history: Accounts from the capitol’s Granite Coast to Voices of Connemara, among others

Regional stories that add to the rich tapestry of life on the island — the Dublin North Bay Area, Guarding the Wild Atlantic and more

Wed Oct 18 2023 - 05:00

‘They’re thriving’: Meet the Gaelscoil saved by Ukrainian pupils

When Scoil Cholmáin’s pupil numbers fell to just nine, it put the island school’s future at risk. The arrival of young refugees changed all that

Tue Oct 10 2023 - 06:00

‘I would sooner do time in Mountjoy’: A turf-cutter on his right to take fuel from the bog

Matt Corbett’s winter haul is already stacked in the big shed adjoining the house, which was built in 1972. Turf has been the family’s main source of fuel since then

Sat Sept 16 2023 - 07:00

‘The location, the sea, the Aran islands, the Cliffs of Moher, it’s a spectacular setting’

A German businessman has embraced the landscape and local materials in the construction of a new development in Furbo, Co Galway

Sat Sept 02 2023 - 05:00

Magical Mason: a deserted Connemara island to get away from it all

This small Co Galway island was once home to 127 people but now hosts daytrippers and wild campers looking for tranquillity and majestic summer sunsets

Sat Aug 19 2023 - 05:00

Connemara Pony Show at 100: ‘This is like the Olympics of the Connemaras’

Equestrian enthusiasts from around the world converged on Clifden for the centenary showcase of the versatile and hardy horse breed

Wed Aug 16 2023 - 20:57

Sea Rooms grows into its own in Kelly’s seafront gardens

A custom made wood-fired grill and smoker marks the entry to the new restaurant and is connected to the kitchen

Mon Jul 31 2023 - 06:31

The Cladóir sheep, presumed extinct, has rejoined the close-knit Connemara fashion flock

The native Galway sheep has a fleece as soft as snow and could become an international knitwear star

Fri Jul 21 2023 - 05:00

Coffee machines, dishwasher tablets, clean white sheets: the ingredients for a perfect holiday rental

With car hire costs proving unaffordable for tourists, Irish holidaymakers still have time to book an idyllic self-catering getaway

Sat Jun 17 2023 - 05:00

Trouble brewing with nearshore turbines as Irish offshore wind energy reaches launch phase

Locals and campaigners warn of fast-tracking development and point to alternatives they say can yield the same benefits at a lower environmental cost

Sat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00

Redeveloped Connemara port ‘has capacity to become offshore wind hub’

Government allocated €25m last year to develop deep-water quay facility at Ros an Mhíl

Thu Feb 23 2023 - 15:05

Take5: What will €395,000 buy in Canada, France, Spain, Switzerland and Connemara?

One price, home and away: The former hideaway for Henry Fonda and the Truman family in Quebec; a village home in Allier; apartments in Alicante and Valais; or a lakeside house in Inverin

Fri Oct 21 2022 - 05:30

Bringing the power of patients to research

Research Lives: Robert Joyce, embedded patient researcher, NUIG Department of Occupational Therapy

Thu Apr 14 2022 - 01:00

Seven offshore wind farms could begin operating from 2027 under fast-track plan

Planned facilities in Irish Sea and one off west coast would cut fossil fuel dependency

Mon Mar 21 2022 - 21:11

Move to fast track offshore wind projects to reduce electricity prices, says Ryan

New rules to bring Ireland closer to energy independence and provide certainty for developers

Mon Mar 21 2022 - 17:31

TG4’s Alan Esslemont: ‘We should have equal status with RTÉ if Irish is to flourish’

Interview: Despite successes, 25-year-old TG4 is still stuck in ‘wrong paradigm’, says DG

Fri Oct 29 2021 - 12:46

Man (40s) dies while taking part in race event in Galway

Carl Dempsey became ill during cycle section of Gaelforce race on Maamturk mountain

Sun Sept 12 2021 - 18:36

A beach shack for €735k? Ireland’s holiday home market heats up

With foreign travel almost impossible, Irish holiday homes have become hugely valuable

Mon Jun 21 2021 - 06:00