Connacht

A family meet santa at Galway sensory event

Sensory Santa event offers unique experience for children

Children from around the west of Ireland are making their way to Galway this weekend for Santa visits with a difference.

Ireland • 06 Dec

Gate closing off Tuam mother-and-baby home works site

'Consistent evidence' of second burial ground at Tuam

Infant remains, dating from the time a Mother and Baby Home operated in Tuam, have been found on the site where the institution once stood.

Ireland • 05 Dec

Sandra's disappearance 'closest thing to hell' - brother

The brother of Mayo woman Sandra Collins, who went missing 25 years ago today, has said his sister's disappearance was the "closest thing to hell" for their family.

Connacht • 04 Dec

A metalic sculpture is pictured in Tubbercurry, Co Sligo

One-Act Drama Finals take centre stage in Tubbercurry

Eleven amateur drama groups will take to the stage in the All-Ireland One-Act Drama Finals in Tubbercurry, Co Sligo, over the next three days.

Connacht • 05 Dec

INMO threatens industrial action at UHG over staffing

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has begun a ballot of its members in the Emergency Department of University Hospital Galway in a dispute over staffing levels.

Connacht • 03 Dec

Cllr Marie Casserly said the building projects are facing serious delays (stock pic)

Call for urgent progress on Sligo school building works

Sligo Councillors have backed a motion calling on the Minister for Education to prioritise and progress "urgently needed school building projects" in the county.

Connacht • 01 Dec

Judge fed up of 'young and stupid' claim from money mules

A judge has said he is "getting fed up" with young people convicted of money mule offences pleading they were "young and stupid" at the time.

Regional • 03 Dec

End of the line for Sligo Greenway project

Plans for 'The Sligo Greenway' - a 35km public cycling trail along the disused western rail corridor in south Sligo have been shelved.

Ireland • 01 Dec

American woman collects keys to home won in online raffle

An American woman who won a cottage in the west of Ireland through a raffle has collected the keys to her new home.

Connacht • 01 Dec

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

Status Yellow wind warning issued for Donegal and Mayo

A Status Yellow wind warning has been issued for counties Donegal and Mayo from this afternoon.

Regional • 27 Nov

Pre-tax profits rise 25% at Botox facility in Westport

Pre-tax profits at the firm which operates the global production hub for Botox in Westport, Co Mayo, last year increased by 25% to $1.38bn (€1.19bn).

Business • 27 Nov

Celtic Media Group agrees deal for Tuam Herald

The Tuam Herald has today announced its proposed sale to the Celtic Media Group.

Business • 28 Nov

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

Third person refuses doctorate from University of Galway

A third person has turned down an honorary doctorate that was due to be conferred by the University of Galway, at a ceremony tomorrow.

Connacht • 26 Nov

Sentencing adjourned for former TD guilty of drug driving

A sentencing hearing for a former TD, who has admitted to driving under the influence of cocaine, has been adjourned until next month. Colm Keaveney pleaded guilty to a charge of drug driving and to two other charges of driving without insurance at Tuam District Court in September.

Courts • 25 Nov

Irish actress, writer, playwright, and activist. Margaretta D'Arcy outside Criminal court of Justice in June 2022

Activist and artist Margaretta D'Arcy dies age 91

Tributes have been paid in Galway to artist, Aosdána member and peace activist Margaretta D'Arcy who has died at the age of 91.

Connacht • 24 Nov

Atlantic Technological University in Letterkenny, Co Donegal

First veterinary medicine programme to be launched at ATU

The first veterinary medicine programme in Connacht and Ulster will be launched at Atlantic Technological University in Letterkenny, Co Donegal this afternoon.

Ireland • 24 Nov

Status Yellow rain, wind warnings for seven counties

Met Éireann has issued Status Yellow rain and wind warnings for seven counties for tonight and tomorrow.

Weather • 22 Nov

'We did it' - homecoming for man who swam around Ireland

A homecoming event has been held in Galway to celebrate the achievements of a man who has has completed a swim around the country's coastline.

Connacht • 22 Nov

Protest urges University of Galway to cut all Israel ties

A coalition of staff, students and graduates at the University of Galway plans to stage a further on campus protest, calling on authorities there to end all links with Israeli companies and educational institutions.

Connacht • 21 Nov

Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill speaking at the hospice's launch

Fundraiser for first children's hospice outside Dublin

A fundraising campaign has been launched to finance the first purpose-built children's hospice outside Dublin.

Connacht • 18 Nov

Search stood down for UK naval crew member off northwest

A large-scale combined Ireland-UK air and sea search off the northwest coast for a missing crew member from a British naval ship has ended, the UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed.

Ireland • 16 Nov

Leitrim farmers leading large-scale wetland restoration

A mountain in Co Leitrim that once hosted one of the largest coal mining sites in the west of Ireland has become a European case study for large-scale wetland restoration.

Connacht • 12 Nov

All available beds at the hospital are in use (stock image)

SUH emergency department extremely busy - HSE

The HSE has said the emergency department at Sligo University Hospital (SUH) is extremely busy with high numbers of people attending who need to be admitted to hospital for ongoing treatment.

Connacht • 10 Nov

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