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Monthly Archives: September, 2017

WATCH: Airlie Beach wins her last start at Galway Races

The Willie Mullins-trained mare Airlie Beach won the Listed Ardilaun Hotel Oyster Stakes in her last start before retirement. Airlie Beach was tipped to do...

Ploughing Repeal the 8th badges are a big hit

Wellies are the new black hoodies. It's impossible to escape from the nationwide debate on next year's referendum on the 8th Amendment.  And with both sides...

Do you have an object with a big story behind it?

Everyone has something interesting lying around the house. And the National Treasures roadshow is your chance to showcase those interesting objects when it comes to...

The 5 best restaurants in Galway for affordable food

There seems to be no end in sight for Galway's thriving food and drink scene. From Eyre Square to Shop Street and around the...

Galway ready for Culture Night

Culture Night kicks off in Galway city on the NUI Galway campus with a unique lunchtime event in a hidden part of the University. The...

Rescued woman waits 8 hours at UHG while “shivering and soaking”

Shocking treatment. University Hospital Galway has been criticised for its treatment of a rescued tourist showing signs of hypothermia. Maria Duk waited for eight hours in...

“No fatalities” as car somehow ends up in Eglington canal

Gardaí are at the scene. A car has been spotted upside down in Eglington canal. Car after going in over beggars bridge beside cathedral in Galway City....

Sisters of Mercy finally giving children’s home to Council

After a long campaign, the former Industrial School in Taylor’s Hill (known as Lenaboy) is to be handed over to the people of Galway. Catherine...

Galway United V Derry City match preview

Derry City are travelling here after a lenghty break. Derry City haven't played a game since August 20th, and are without several players going into...

TB case in University Hospital Galway confirmed by HSE

"The patient is being managed appropriately." A case of tuberculosis (TB) has been identified in University Hospital Galway, the HSE West Department of Public Health...

Michael D.’s heartfelt message about homelessness

Have we ever had a better President? President Michael D. Higgins has today said in a statement that homeless people are "deprived of a sense...

VIDEO: Man in white van rams through Kiltartan level crossing!

Not big and not clever. Footage has been released of the man who decided to drive his white van through Kiltartan level crossing in Galway. The...

WATCH: Galway pianist shows off his great talent at Pearse Station

Music can take you anywhere. So says the piano in Pearse Station, which was installed earlier this month. Passengers are encouraged to relax and listen to...

German woman rescued in west Galway

The woman got stranded on a ridge earlier this evening. A German woman who became stranded while walking in west Galway has been rescued and...

AIB loses 550 customers’ data

An old-fashioned data breach. AIB today confirmed that they have mislaid a number of customers' data in Galway and the West. The bank has said that...

WATCH: Hudson Taylor busk on Shop Street

'Big cheers to the shower of legends,' says Hudson Taylor. Today, the Dublin folk duo released the video for their latest single, Feel it Again,...

Galway prawn under threat by contaminated water

Tiny particles of plastic is causing the problems. An increase in pollution may have "significant risks" for seacreatures, including the Galway Bay prawn, researchers have...

Art comes to UHG for a month

An unusual place for an art exhibition... An art exhibition titled ‘Head in the Hedgerow’ by artist Hugh Barr opened at University Hospital Galway last...

3 day Galway Races announced for October

It's now a three day event. A three day Races will take place over the bank holiday weekend in October, Horse Racing Ireland announced today. The...

Carna native takes over as Acting Garda Commissioner

It's not an easy job. Dónall Ó Cualáin will become Acting Garda Commissioner from midnight tonight, following the resignation of Nóirín O’Sullivan. The Galway native will...

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