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Séamus Woulfe gives evidence to court over golf society dinner

Supreme Court Judge Séamus Woulfe told Galway District Court that there were ambiguities in the regulations on gatherings due to the time pressure involved...

Galway history lovers invited to tune into history festival this weekend

History lovers in Galway have been invited to tune into the crowning weekend of Dublin Festival of History, with events featuring leading Irish and...

Tuam Courthouse plans could take 9 more years

It could be nine more years before the new courthouse in Tuam becomes a reality, East Galway TD Seán Canney has said. The Independent TD...

Gardaí starting house checks to ensure self-quarantine of new arrivals

Gardaí will be carrying out house checks from this weekend on people who have entered the state to ensure that they are complying with...

Week-long course in journalism for Transition Year students

Transition Year students in Gaelscoileanna are being offered a unique insight to journalism in an online course with some of Ireland’s finest television, radio and...

Taoiseach apologises for state’s failures on Mother and Baby Homes

Taoiseach Micheál Martin gave a statement in the Dáil on Wednesday in which he apologised on behalf of the state for the "generational wrong"...

Committee of Inquiry to review citizenship application refusals

The Minister for Justice and Equality Miss Helen McEntee recently announced that a new Committee of Inquiry has been set up to review Irish...

60 complaints to Ombudsman For Children’s Office in 2019 came from Galway

Sixty complaints were made to the Ombudsman for Children's Office (OCO) in 2019 from the Galway region, the latest annual OCO report has revealed. This...

Minimal representation for Western counties in new Cabinet

The make-up of the new Cabinet was revealed yesterday evening with the three government parties carving up fifteen ministerial seats between them. The new Cabinet...

Ireland pays EU €5 million fine over Derrybrien wind farm

Ireland has paid a €5 million fine to the European Commission for environmental offences at Derrybrien wind farm in Galway, with more racking up...

Woman who gave false name to gardaí was using yet another false name

A woman charged with giving a false name and address to name to gardaí was using yet another false identity it emerged in court. Julietta...

Calls for inquiry into child abuse allegations against scouting organisations

A statutory inquiry is needed into accusations of historical child abuse at the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland and Scouting Association of Ireland says...

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court coming to Galway

DrFatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, will deliver a public lecture during this year’s annual Summer School on the ICC at...

Victims and perpetrators have been let down by Garda failures

The huge failures to act on youth crimes, which were reported yesterday, must never occur again, said a Galway TD. Responding to a new report...

Court orders fresh hearing over Minister’s power to end VEC chief executive’s €12,000 allowance

The Supreme Court has ordered a fresh hearing to determine if the Minister of Education was acting within his powers when he ended a...

Galway conference told plans for National Maternity Hospital could collapse

Grave concerns were expressed for the future of a new National Maternity Hospital in Galway this week at the annual conference of the Irish...

Long read | President Higgins delivers speech on concept of ‘home’ at NUI Galway

President Michael D. Higgins today delivered a speech at the launch of the ‘First Thought Talks’ strand of Galway International Arts Festival at NUI...

Mervue woman stole nearly €2,000 from Social Welfare

A Mervue woman was brought before the Circuit Court this week for stealing nearly €2,000 from social welfare on six occasions. Mary Glynn (26), of...

International Criminal Court Judge to speak in Galway

The newly-appointed Ugandan judge at the International Criminal Court, Solomy Balungi Bossa, will deliver a public lecture during this year’s annual Summer School at...

Limited services for child abuse victims leads to prolonged cases, finds Galway study

Pictured above:  Dr Carol Coulter, Adjunct Professor in the School of Law at NUI Galway. The findings of a two-year NUI Galway research study on lengthy...

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