Teresa Mannion

Regional Reporter

Alf the giant newt took part in a tour of Galway city

Alf the giant newt makes his way around Galway city

Galway's Macnas street performance company have a newt kid in town for Halloween.

Connacht • 27 Oct 24

Over 150 people marched to the derelict Scoil Phadraig site in Westport

Protest over 'deeply unfair treatment' for Mayo school

A Church of Ireland school in Mayo has said that it is fighting to survive what it calls "deeply unfair treatment" by the Department of Education.

Connacht • 21 Oct 24

Protest over 'deeply unfair treatment' for Mayo school

A Church of Ireland school in Mayo has said that it is fighting to survive what it calls "deeply unfair treatment" by the Department of Education.

Connacht • 18 Oct 24

Primary school students at Culleen National School took part in a day of action to highlight the lack of a footpath and the high speeds outside the school

Protest over lack of footpath outside Mayo primary school

Gardaí and emergency services have joined forces with a school in Ballina in Co Mayo to highlight concerns about the lack of a footpath on a road which sees speeds of up to 80 kilometres per hour.

Connacht • 17 Oct 24

SIPTU health care worker, Irene Tiernan said that without adequate staffing, the HSE is jeopardising the quality of care that patients receive.

SIPTU workers protest HSE's 'Pay and Numbers Strategy'

Dozens of SIPTU health workers have staged a picket outside Tuam Primary Care Centre in Galway over the HSE's new 'Pay and Numbers Strategy.'

Connacht • 16 Oct 24

The Baboró International Arts Festival for Children runs until next Sunday

Baboró Arts Festival for Children under way in Galway

The 28th Baboró International Arts Festival for Children is up and running in Galway.

Regional • 15 Oct 24

Former US astronaut Steve Swanson and students from Dominican College, Taylor's Hill in Galway

Former US astronaut visits Galway as part of Space Week

The link between Earth's oceans and the ongoing search for life beyond our planet is one of the themes being explored as part of Space Week. Former US astronaut Steve Swanson visited Galway's Atlantaquaria in Salthill to kickstart his national road trip.

Ireland • 07 Oct 24

Some of the equipment used by midwives in the last century

Contribution of community midwives celebrated at museum

An exhibition celebrating the contribution of community midwives in early 20th century Ireland has opened at the Museum of Country Life in Co Mayo.

Regional • 08 Oct 24

Garda Nuala Sweeney with 3-year-old Alex Burke at the 'Little Blue Heroes' event in Renmore

Honorary gardaí sworn in at special event in Galway

Gardaí in Galway have treated a group of children with serious and life-impacting illnesses to a very special day out at the regional headquarters in Renmore.

Ireland • 04 Oct 24

The Private Billy Kedian Air Ambulance in Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo

Air ambulance base to be built by volunteers in Co Mayo

An air ambulance base is to be built in Ballyhaunis in Co Mayo by a group of local volunteers who have been longtime campaigners for such a service.

Connacht • 21 Sep 24