Teresa Mannion

Regional Reporter

Pupils from St Pat's primary school performing on the streets of Galway city centre

Schoolchildren bring Christmas cheer to Galway city

Pupils from St Pat's primary school in Co Galway have been staging a number of Christmas performances in the city centre to provide some festive cheer and help raise money for a sensory room in their school.

Regional • 21 Dec 23

Professor Afshin Samali has lived in Rosscahill for 14 years

Hotel fire leaves locals 'shocked and surprised'

There are around 300 people living in Rosscahill on the outskirts of Connemara, and amongst them there are Chinese, Indian and Malaysian residents who have married into the small rural community and have been happily integrated for many years.

Connacht • 18 Dec 23

Garda Lorraine Delahunty from Laois, Garda Manus Murphy from Ballyfermot and Garda Fionnuala McCorry from Belfast

Graduates to boost garda visibility over Christmas

Some 151 new gardaí have graduated from Garda College in Templemore, Co Tipperary.

Ireland • 21 Mar 24

Dr Linda Howard bought her electric car seven years ago and said that it suits her daily commute from Conamara

Need for 'focus on delivery' as EVs become more popular

Ireland is committed to reducing dependence on fossil fuels to help achieve a 51% cut in carbon emissions by the end of the decade.

Environment • 15 Dec 23

Siobhan Shanahan and Adesola Ajala are students in Merlin College

Multicultural school celebrates its diversity

Merlin College in Galway city is one of the fastest growing multicultural schools in the country with 55 nationalities currently enrolled.

Connacht • 06 Dec 23

Shane MacGowan passed away peacefully at his home in Dublin after spending several months receiving treatment at St Vincent's Hospital

Shane MacGowan's funeral to take place on Friday

The funeral of Pogue's singer Shane MacGowan is to be held in his home county of Tipperary on Friday.

Ireland • 03 Dec 23

WB Yeats won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923

Centenary of Yeats' Nobel Prize win marked in Sligo

Leading Irish poets are in Sligo this weekend to mark the centenary of WB Yeats winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.

Connacht • 02 Dec 23

Professor Breda Smyth with pupils from Trinity Primary School

CMO urges parents to consider flu jab for children

Parents are being urged to consider getting the flu vaccine for their children, as the free vaccination programme rolls out to all those aged between two and 17 from Monday.

Connacht • 02 Dec 23

Kyle Hayes denied a charge of assaulting Cillian McCarthy, and denied two charges of violent disorder (file image)

Hayes acquitted of assault, guilty of violent disorder

Five-time All Ireland winning Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes has been acquitted of assault causing harm to Cillian McCarthy outside the Icon nightclub in Limerick on 28 October 2019, but guilty of two counts of violent disorder.

Courts • 01 Dec 23

'Captain' Tom Creagh holds up a picture of Shan MacGowan in Philly Ryan's pub in Nenagh

Watch: Shane MacGowan's friends reminisce in Nenagh pub

Some of Shane MacGowan's old friends have gathered to reminisce about the great nights they have had with the singer-songwriter in his local Tipperary pub.

Regional • 30 Nov 23