Teresa Mannion

Regional Reporter

Student accommodation ranges from €600 to €1,200 in Galway city, depending on location (stock image)

Students in Galway on trauma of accommodation crisis

There was a time when student life was all about excitement and promise, finding your tribe and forging lifelong friendships.

2025 in Review • 29 Dec 25

Watch: Coca-Cola Christmas advert recreated in Conamara

More than 100 illuminated trucks have recreated the iconic Coca-Cola Christmas truck advert in a local charity drive in Co Galway.

Connacht • 28 Dec 25

The men lived together in the family home in Rathlee, between Easkey and Enniscrone

Brothers in their 80s die after house fire in Co Sligo

Two men in their 80s have died following a house fire near Easkey, Co Sligo.

Connacht • 29 Dec 25

Parents jailed over multiple offences of child cruelty

The parents of six children who were subjected to almost daily physical and emotional abuse over a number of years have been sentenced at Castlebar Circuit Court in Mayo.

Courts • 19 Dec 25

Ukrainian students are pictured with their mothers at St Joseph's Community College in Kilkee, Co Clare

'It was so emotional' - Ukrainian refugee on Dáil speech

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit is seen as an opportunity to witness the solidarity shown to Ukraine in towns and villages across Ireland.

Munster • 02 Dec 25

A small girl wearing a fireman's helmet sits in the cab of a fire truck with another child looking on

Waterford shines bright with Blue Light Parade

Waterford city came alive this weekend with sirens, lights and heroes as part of the Winterval celebrations.

Munster • 30 Nov 25

Interior view of a bookshop with books on shelves

Kenny's celebrates 85 years of selling books

Kenny's Bookshop and Art Gallery in Galway city is celebrating 85 years as a family business this weekend.

Connacht • 29 Nov 25

Photo shows Ethan Conroy and Harry McCallion dressed as Alcock and Brown

Conamara school reenacts Alcock and Brown aviation first

Pupils at a rural primary school in Conamara have completed an in-depth history project and play on the world's first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919.

Regional • 28 Nov 25

Medical misadventure verdict in Niamh McNally inquest

An inquest into the death of a 16-year-old girl at University Hospital Limerick has returned a verdict of medical misadventure.

Munster • 27 Nov 25

HSE apologises over 'failings' which led to girl's death

The HSE has apologised unreservedly to a family of a 16-year-old girl for what was described as "failings" that should not have happened, which led to her death at University Hospital Limerick.

Munster • 26 Nov 25