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Travellers are at the “bottom of the barrel” in the current housing crisis, participants in a protest in Co Galway have said. Increasing numbers of T(...)

As neighbouring counties it’s hardly surprising that there are many links between Tipperary and Galway hurling going back to Tony Reddin, the Mullagh (...)

Wild orchids are abounding up here in the northwest. At Tramore Beach I took this photo of a wee cinnabar moth on one. Emer O’Shea, Ballyshannon, C(...)

When the members of the Garda coxed fours rowing team who represented Ireland in the Montreal Olympics in 1976 reunite at the Garda Boat Club at Islan(...)

Summer is here. Finally. Or at least it was back when Pricewatch was locked in a basement writing these words and staring sadly out at people walking(...)

BOWL-A-GRANOLA €4.95 for 450g, €11 per kg We are generally well-disposed towards local artisan products. But we would love this Galway-made granola(...)

The Connacht rugby squad and management were given a heroes’ welcome in Galway city centre on Sunday following their victory in the Pro 12 tournament.(...)

Take a jaunt in Killarney For a park for all seasons, you’d be hard pressed to beat Killarney National Park in Co Kerry. You can walk through it, b(...)

The centenary of the 1916 Rising will be long remembered by this generation of school children, mainly because it coincides with a three week break. (...)

A member of one of the best-known GAA families in the country is about to enter politics. Ivan Canning, older brother of All-Star hurlers Joe and Oll(...)