Galway

The Pullman review: Is this restaurant on a train carriage travelling towards a Michelin star?

On a beautifully restored train carriage at the Glenlo Abbey Hotel in Galway, the food has purpose and ambition, with some flaws

‘I didn’t expect to find an exciting life in Dublin’

Guilherme Parisi moved from Brazil to Dublin in October 2024 to take up a job at a German multinational company who he worked for since 2019

‘I thank God every day it was me he attacked’: Army chaplain forgives boy who stabbed him

Fr Paul Murphy says ‘everything was blessed’ on the night in question

Adam Loughnane asked for help at a Galway hospital. Three hours later he was dead

A family is bereaved by suicide every day in Ireland even though most who take their lives have sought help. This is one young man’s story

Hospitality tech firm Kappture to create at least 20 jobs as it grows Galway software development hub

Move will add 20 jobs in Galway City

University Hospital Galway apologises for shortcomings in delivery of baby who died hour after birth

Anna and Gerard Gilligan settle High Court action over daughter’s death

Work to excavate site of Tuam mother and baby home to begin in June

Almost 800 children could be buried at the site

The Guide: Kilkenny Roots Festival, The Flaming Lips and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end

April 26th-May 2nd: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

‘Bloodied but not bowed’: Connemara’s Misunderstood Heron food truck announces sudden closure

Popular food truck blames shutdown on decision by Galway County Council in statement posted on social media

Irish man may have made call to British police that led to fatal incident, says watchdog

David Joyce, originally from Galway, died in Milton Keynes after running at armed officers responding to report about man with gun

Irishman shot dead by UK police was ‘special person’, brother tells funeral

About 100 people gathered in Galway for the funeral of David Joyce (38)

Easter activities: 10 family-friendly days out and events to enjoy over the holidays

Easter egg hunts, walks with a difference, places to go and more around the country

‘Disgusting thing to do’: Tommy Tiernan objects to proposed Connemara offshore wind farm

Project envisages 30 turbines over a 1,000 feet in height

Hyrox, the soaring fitness trend: ‘You meet so many different people, all shapes, all sizes’

Hyrox coaches and enthusiasts on what the fitness event involves

Who was David Joyce, the Galway man shot dead by UK police at a busy train station?

Joyce, a gay man from a Traveller background with mental health difficulties, will be repatriated to be buried by his family in Ireland

Sally Rooney: ‘I enjoy writing about men ... the dangerous charisma of the oppressor class’

Fans are drawn like moths to the author’s flame during her two appearances Cúirt festival

Bon Iver: Sable, Fable review – From carefree Supermac’s fan to angsty melancholy and, now, romantic yearning

Advance press described Sable, Fable as Bon Iver’s “sexiest” album yet, which is misleading. There’s a lot of romantic yearning, however, as Justin Vernon traces the arc of a relationship from infatuation to connection to contentment, a journey that he explores via blissed-out yacht rock (Everything Is Peaceful Love) and fuzzy Radiohead-style dirge rock (If Only Could Wait, a duet with Danielle Haim)

Funeral of girl (6) killed while cycling in Galway to take place

Ula Grigaitytė’s bicycle collided with heavy goods vehicle at the junction of Headford Road and Sandyvale Lawn on Saturday

A guide to Ireland’s popular commuter towns: house prices, transport links and education

With working from home more common in the wake of Covid-19, more people are living farther from Dublin and other cities

What will €395,000 buy in Kinsale and Galway’s island Gaeltacht?

A spacious two-bedroom townhouse in a converted mill and a class-act schoolhouse conversion

Irishman shot dead after ‘running towards police with knife in hand’ in Milton Keynes named

David Joyce ran towards officers with a knife in his hand, says Independent Office for Police Conduct

Girl (6) dies after being hit by truck while cycling in Galway

Child fatally injured in collision with heavy goods vehicle

RTB tribunal orders tenant to vacate Galway property she was renting for almost 20 years

Mother of two says housing charities and local council advised not to leave the property because ‘there is nothing else out there’

Druid Theatre to mark 50th anniversary with Synge-Shakespeare double bill

Presentation in Galway this summer will feature Riders to the Sea and Macbeth

Ireland’s remote islands: Only 29 apply for €84,000 grant aimed at attracting residents

Numbers moving under Our Living Islands scheme to places like Arranmore is less than expected

Investment in public transport is key to success of revised national planning framework

Either we spend a lot more on public transport, especially in regional cities and on rail lines serving new commuter belts, or the framework will be meaningless

Business owners in the Clarinbridge flood zone: ‘There is now always the risk that it will happen again’

During Storm Debi, local businesses in The Bridge Centre were plunged into crisis after an unprecedented storm surge battered the premises

The Uninsurables: One in 20 Irish houses struggles to get flood insurance

We’ve been lucky so far but ‘only a matter of time before a 3m storm surge’ hits Ireland

‘People don’t just want dinner – they want an occasion’: Restaurants share their secrets to survival

In a notoriously tough industry, some restaurants manage to ride out recessions, pandemics and cost-of-living crises. What’s their secret sauce?

Protests continue despite pause on converting Connemara hotel into accommodation for asylum seekers

Department of Integration says it is giving locals three months to come up with proposal to turn Carna Bay Hotel back into a hotel

Galway city retail scheme for sale at heavily discounted €8m

Galway city home of Starbucks and Elvery's hits the market

The doorbell to our apartment has been out of order for months. What can we do?

We have raised this issue with our managing agent, but it is not being addressed

Colm Keaveney drug driving case hears evidence from a member of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety

The former Labour TD, who was present in court, has been charged with driving with cocaine in his system

Punt: The Irish and the NFL – Fascinating insight into tough grind faced by Irish sportsmen lured by lucre of American football

Television: We follow Monaghan’s Rory Beggan and Down’s Charlie Smyth as they try their luck with NFL place-kicking

Ireland weather: Met Éireann issues status yellow rain warning for 10 counties, including whole of Munster

Warning runs from this afternoon until 2pm tomorrow

A ‘middle-aged rave’ that ends before midnight? I’ll get my dancing shoes

Events are springing up for those who want an old-school club experience without the attendant exhaustion the next morning

In pictures: St Patrick’s Day parades across the country

A selection of photographs from across the country of St Patrick's Day parades and celebrations

‘I begged my parents to take me out of the school but they wouldn’t': Survivors on their abuse at the hands of Jesuits

Former pupils speak about abuse at Belvedere College in Dublin and Coláiste Iognáil in Galway

Claddagh ring revival: ‘The age group 25-35 have no problem lashing out €450 for one’

The Galway classic has become a prized accessory for a new generation of Irish people, keen to document and celebrate their heritage

Nine times as many Irish properties on Airbnb as in long-term rental, charity says

Threshold voices concern about investment properties being tied up in lucrative holiday letting markets

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