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Gardaí renew appeal for infomation about car involved in fatal hit and run in Galway
- Crime & Law
- December 18, 2020, 21:54
Gardaí have renewed their appeal for information about a hit and run in the Furbo area of Co Galway on Wednesday in which a woman in her mid 50s was k(...)

Father and son who saved two women off Galway coast stage another rescue
- Irish News
- November 21, 2020, 18:21
A swimmer who got into difficulty off the coast of Co Galway on Saturday morning has been rescued by the fishermen who saved two young women clinging (...)

Galway fishermen who rescued paddleboarders save man in River Corrib
- Irish News
- September 24, 2020, 09:32
The father and son who rescued two young women off Inis Oirr earlier this year have been involved in another rescue operation in Co Galway. Patrick a(...)

Galway paddleboarders: ‘We found them but they saved themselves,’ says fisherman
- Irish News
- September 4, 2020, 23:14
The fisherman and father-of-seven who rescued two cousins adrift in the Atlantic on paddle boards said his paternal instinct had driven him to rush ou(...)

Dolphins and Taylor Swift songs helped keep Galway cousins going while at sea
- Irish News
- August 16, 2020, 12:07
Singing Taylor Swift songs and watching a small pod of dolphins off the Aran Islands helped two Galway cousins keep their spirts up while waiting to b(...)

Families of two women saved on Galway Bay to fundraise for rescue services
- Irish News
- August 15, 2020, 10:27
The families of the two cousins rescued on Galway Bay are to launch a fundraising drive to help the RNLI. They want to give something back in recogni(...)

‘It was pitch black’ - Rescued teenager describes night afloat with her cousin in Galway Bay
- Irish News
- August 14, 2020, 10:00
A teenage girl who was rescued at sea on Thursday after 15 hours in the water has said she has “no idea what would have happened” to her and her cousi(...)

Rescued women ‘weak and tired’ but ‘thankful’, says fisherman who found them
- Irish News
- August 13, 2020, 15:44
The fisherman who rescued two young women clinging to the buoy of a lobster pot off Inis Oirr after 15 hours in the water has said they were “fairly s(...)

Relieved mother of rescued women says paddleboards will never ‘darken doors’ again
- Irish News
- August 13, 2020, 10:16
The mother of one of the young women rescued in Galway Bay has said paddleboards would “never darken the doors of our houses again”. The two cousins,(...)

High-speed hubs are drawing start-ups to Ireland’s wildest parts
- Irish News
- October 25, 2019, 17:18
Daragh Molloy might work in Ireland’s most spectacular office. Looking out from his desk in Furbo, Connemara, you can see Galway Bay stretched out, wi(...)