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‘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
Worker who lost job after complaining about hotdesking arrangements awarded €20,000
Patricia Higgins ‘found herself working where a tradesman was cutting through roof above her desk’, WRC told
Man (20s) dies after road crash near Barna, Co Galway
Three vehicles involved in incident on R336 at about 11.25pm on Sunday
Author Clara Kumagai: ‘I’m drawn to writing for young adults because it’s a time of turbulence and change’
The writer on her new YA novel, Songs for Ghosts; her Japanese-Irish identity; and abolishing billionaires
Pedestrian (50s) dies after being hit by bus in Co Galway
Gardaí seeking witnesses to incident which happened at Cahergowan, Claregalway on Friday afternoon
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