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Western community highlights loss of GAA players in bid to revitalise area
- Social Affairs
- January 19, 2018, 19:27
If a photograph can tell 1,000 words an image on social media can reflect the story of a whole lost generation from a western region. A photo of a s(...)

Twixmas break: Things to do between Christmas and New Year
- Travel
- November 18, 2017, 06:00
The days between Christmas and New Year can drag on – and more so this year: Christmas and St Stephen’s Day falls on a Monday and Tuesday, which means(...)

EY Awards: CLS head Evelyn O’Toole named industry entrepreneur of the year
- Health & Pharma
- October 26, 2017, 07:30
Evelyn O’Toole, founder and chief executive of Co Galway-based Contract Lab Solutions (CLS), the largest privately owned contract laboratory in the co(...)

Raw sewage entering water in 44 places around Ireland
- Environment
- October 24, 2017, 02:00
Waste-water treatment facilities in 50 of Ireland’s 185 large towns and cities fail to comply with EU standards, according to the latest Environmental(...)

Tourism push on to attract big spenders from Australia
- Transport & Tourism
- October 20, 2017, 12:00
A repeat of the large growth in visitor numbers from Australia over the past five years is “entirely doable” if more hotel accommodation is made avail(...)

Walk for the weekend: Great hollow of Western Coom an awesome sight
- Travel
- October 18, 2017, 00:00
The Partry Mountains are the least visited of the famous mountain ranges that encircle Killary Harbour, Ireland’s only fjord, and it is only recently (...)

Ireland still ‘values the imagination’, President tells festival
- Irish News
- September 13, 2017, 19:23
President Michael D Higgins has said that Irish society stands out in an increasingly globalised world in valuing the “work of the imagination”. Youn(...)

The lives of Irish commuters: 'I'm in the car up to 5 hours a day, but I have no other choice'
- People
- August 26, 2017
It is 5.45am on Tuesday and still dark out. There are just four people sitting in the waiting area of Colbert Station in Limerick ahead of the departu(...)

Roundstone: Where to stay, rent and buy in Paul Henry country
- Homes & Property
- July 29, 2017, 06:00
Roundstone in Connemara is a pretty little village set on the edge of the bog about a 70-minute drive north of Galway city. Next stop: America. The s(...)

Going coastal: 50 of the best places to eat, stay and play along Ireland’s coastline
- Travel
- July 22, 2017, 08:00
LEINSTER Cycle Wexford’s Euro Velo and the Norman trail Wexford has just launched its 120km section of the EuroVelo 1 route from Rosslare harbour to (...)