'Nuacht' relocates to TG4's base in GalwayRTÉ DIRECTOR-general Cathal Goan is due to mark a bit of history in Connemara today with the relocation of the station’s Nuacht…Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
'Green Dragon' to be put on displayIRELAND’s entry in the Volvo Ocean Race is due to be lifted out of the water tonight and put on display to the public – and potential…Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
'Lusty' Macnas parade not to be mythedPAN AND paleolithic-like creatures promise lewd and lusty behaviour in Galway tomorrow night for the annual arts festival’s Macnas…Sat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00
Helicopter rescues hillwalker (18)AN 18-YEAR-OLD hillwalker is recovering after his rescue from the Dartry mountain range in Sligo by the Irish Coast Guard Sikorksy…Thu Jul 16 2009 - 01:00
Call on coastal communities to vote No to LisbonA NEWLY revitalised Irish Fishermen’s Organisation (IFO) has called on coastal communities to vote against the Lisbon Treaty …Thu Jul 16 2009 - 01:00
Director defends Galway Arts Festival ticket pricesGALWAY Arts Festival artistic director Paul Fahy has rejected criticism of ticket prices at this year’s event and has said that…Thu Jul 16 2009 - 01:00
Concern over stranded dolphinsTHE IRISH Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) is appealing for any reports of stranded dolphins in the Kerry area, following an unusual…Wed Jul 15 2009 - 01:00
Shell says it will honour its word on Corrib emissionsSHELL E&P Ireland has written to individual Erris fishermen stating that it will honour its “undertaking” in relation to …Tue Jul 14 2009 - 01:00
Missing Derry man search suspendedTHE SEARCH was suspended yesterday evening for the Derry man who has been reported missing since the weekend off the Aran island…Tue Jul 14 2009 - 01:00
Travellers must leave Galway site todayTHE GALWAY Traveller Movement has called for cross-departmental commitment to resolve Traveller accommodation issues, following…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Mayo resident may inspect location of Shell pipelineA NORTH Mayo resident has been given permission by Shell EP Ireland to carry out up to two inspections of its controversial landfall…Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Film highlights conduct of oil giantsTHE LEVEL of violence required by governments and resource exploitation companies to produce oil and gas is “unsustainable”, …Fri Jul 10 2009 - 01:00
Creation of body to rectify east/west imbalance urgedTHE GOVERNMENT should rectify the regional imbalance between east and west as a matter of urgency, Friends First chief economist…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Redress Board's Failure To Hear Abuse Histories A 'disgrace', Says Film-makerMAGDALENE DOCUMENTARY: INTERVIEWS WITH FORMER INMATES SCREENED: CRITICISM OF the failure by State and religious orders to apologise…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Travellers claim council victimisation over move from Galway halting siteA GROUP of Traveller families with 28 children among them believe they are being “victimised” for taking legal action over their…Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
No problems for Huston as Michael D shares the limelight at film fleadhANJELICA HUSTON may love her home from home in Galway, but word has it that she doesn’t do engagements before noon.Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
Four lifted from cliff by Coast Guard helicopterTHE BRITISH Maritime and Coast Guard Agency has paid tribute to the crew of the Irish Coast Guard’s Sligo-based helicopter for…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Hikers rescued in Co AntrimSix young women were in Co Antrim during the night after they got lost during a hike.Sun Jul 05 2009 - 01:00
Cancer strategy for west in 'disarray'FINE GAEL TD Ulick Burke has said the Government’s cancer strategy is in “disarray” and cancer patients across the west have …Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
'Iconic canoe' returned to CanadaA NATIVE American community has expressed its gratitude to “the people of Ireland” for “their unconditional support” for repatriation…Mon Jun 29 2009 - 01:00
Two Shell objectors arrested at seaTWO FISHERMEN opposed to the laying of the Corrib gas offshore pipeline have been arrested at sea, just hours before the Shell…Fri Jun 26 2009 - 01:00
Shell asks fishermen to move pots from bayON THE EVE of the arrival off Co Mayo of the pipelaying ship Solitaire, Shell EP Ireland has asked four Mayo fishermen to move…Thu Jun 25 2009 - 01:00
Corporate Ballybrit folds up its tentONE YEAR after Taoiseach Brian Cowen decided to roll up Fianna Fáil’s fundraising tent at the Galway Races, the entire corporate…Wed Jun 24 2009 - 01:00
Humpback whale entangled in lobster pots freed off WexfordWhale rescue: collaborative efforts get humpback off the hook: A HUMPBACK whale which became tangled in lobster pots off the…Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
McCabe calls for a new kind of family in IrelandWRITER PAT McCabe has called for a “new kind of family” in Ireland which “has not been infected by subjugation and poverty…Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryIT WAS russet red, delicately poised on the branch as if it was made of a light mahoganyMon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
Mayo forum to discuss Corrib gas policingTHE HEAD of the State’s private security regulatory body has been asked to discuss the policing of the Corrib gas project with…Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
Five cautions in Galway over water-safety gearTHE GARDA Water Unit says that five cautions for not wearing adequate water-safety gear were issued during the Volvo Ocean Race…Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Fisheries body found to be 'poorly run'AN INTERNAL survey for the State’s Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has found the vast majority of its staff believe…Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Fishermen seek 'vigorous' inquiry into sinkingTHE ERRIS Inshore Fishermen’s Association has said that the circumstances of last week’s sinking of a shellfish vessel in Broadhaven…Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Pacts hold firm in mayoral electionsFIANNA FÁIL, Fine Gael and Labour continued their 30-year electoral pact on Cork Corporation and elected Councillor Dara Murphy…Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
More than skin deepSheenagh Kerwick talks about living with scleroderma, a condition in which skin and other organs hardenTue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Connemara celebrates historic flightSOME NINE decades after John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown flew across the Atlantic and landed in a Connemara bog, their historic…Mon Jun 15 2009 - 01:00
Galway murder suspect may have fled StateGARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the murder of a young north Galway man in the city 10 days ago believe the main suspect may have left the…Mon Jun 15 2009 - 01:00
NUIG gets EU funds for research on algal toxins in shellfishSHELLFISH PRODUCERS based in remote locations may be able to conduct their own scientific tests for algal toxins with new technology…Mon Jun 15 2009 - 01:00
Concern at 'deteriorating' Corrib rowLABOUR PARTY president Michael D Higgins has expressed concern about a “deteriorating situation” with the Corrib gas project …Mon Jun 15 2009 - 01:00
No cover for sunk vessel due to 'act of terrorism'THE MARINE Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) is unlikely to investigate the circumstances surrounding the sinking of a shellfish…Sat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
Learning the life aquaticROUND-THE-WORLD skippers hauling heavy rigging in the tumblehome hulls of wooden hookers..Sat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
MCIB 'unlikely' to investigate sinking of Mayo boatThe Marine Casualty Investigation Board is unlikely to investigate the circumstances surrounding the sinking of a shellfish boat…Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Green Party calls for inquiry into Corrib sinkingTHE GREEN Party has called on the Ministers for justice and transport to ensure that there are “full, transparent and impartial…Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
'Quiet Man' myths examined in new bookRITUALS, MYTHS, and representations of gender in John Ford’s epic The Quiet Man are examined in a new book on the film published…Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Invasive plant choking Lough CorribTHE FUTURE of the State’s second-largest lake, Lough Corrib, is threatened by an invasive plant sold in garden centres, the Central…Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Shell incidents under investigationGardai have confirmed that they will investigate the circumstances surrounding the sinking of a fishing vessel off Erris Head…Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Experts to oversee Skellig MichaelAN EXPERT advisory committee for the Skellig Michael World Heritage Site will be established after Minister for the Environment…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
NUI Galway gets papers of North's 'peacemaker'THE UNIVERSITY in Galway has been given the private papers of Brendan Duddy, former secret intermediary between the British government…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Volvo crews to leave Galway today 'with a heavy heart'SEVEN round-the-world yachts leave Galway for Sweden via the Fastnet Rock off the south coast today on the final stages of the…Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Gardaí issue murder inquiry photoGARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the murder of a young north Galway man in the city this week have issued a new photograph of a Polish man…Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Scientists surprised by record number of basking sharksTHEY ARE known as the “sunfish” and as the “monster with sails” in Irish, and our northwest waters are “teeming” with them…Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Corrib may have had 'major' settlementA CONNEMARA archaeologist says that the recent discovery of two stone axes in Galway city and county points to a “major” hunter…Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
