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‘Words are like weapons’ – Research shows power of language when talking about State institutions

Researchers at University of Galway have compiled a report on the language used when talking about institutions historically known as Mother and Baby Homes...

NUIG graduate crowned Law Student of the Year

A NUI Galway graduate has been named Law Student of the Year at the Irish Law Awards 2021. Cassie Roddy-Mullineaux, from Rosscahill, graduated with a...

Calls for mediator to be appointed in special needs education dispute

Calls have been made for a mediator to resolve the impasse on reopening special needs education between the department and unions. Galway East TD Seán...

Simon Community warns of challenges ahead in 2021

Galway Simon Community has revealed the significant number of people seeking their support during the pandemic in 2020 and warned of the challenges that...

TULCA launches revised programme for this year’s festival

TULCA Festival of Visual Arts has presented a new book and two outdoor installations in Galway City which will run for two weeks starting...

Three Galway artists get a boost from Remote Control development programme

Three Galway based artists have been chosen for the Remote Control programme to help them develop innovative art projects and find new ways to...

London vigil to remember Galway man who took on Church before setting fire to himself

A vigil will be held in London to remember the life of Irish child abuse campaigner, Peter Tyrrell, who tragically set fire to himself...

City council pushes ahead with taking ownership of Lenaboy Castle

Galway city council has decided to push ahead with taking ownership of Lenaboy Castle in Salthill from the Sisters of Mercy despite concerns about...

Tuam survivors want DNA samples taken immediately

Survivors of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home want the government to immediately begin collecting DNA samples from their members. There is an urgency in...

Geneticist says new technology means DNA could be gathered from Tuam babies

Advances in genetic technology mean that DNA samples could be taken from the remains buried at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home according to...

Bon Secours sisters resisted requests for larger contribution to excavations

The Bon Secours Sisters have resisted calls for them to make a larger contribution to the exhumations at the former Tuam Mother and Baby...

Catherine Corless awarded honorary degree by NUI Galway

Local historian and advocate for the survivors of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home Catherine Corless has been awarded an honorary degree by NUI...

Catherine Corless to receive honorary degree from NUI Galway

Local historian Catherine Corless will receive an Honorary Degree from NUI Galway in October. The University today announced that the campaigner on the Tuam Mother...

Massive crowds at silent vigil in remembrance of Tuam babies

At least 1,000 people gathered for a silent vigil in Tuam this afternoon in honour of the memory of all those who died in...

Tuam babies commemorated with sheets bearing all 796 names sewn to the site’s fences

The names of all 796 children buried at the former Tuam Mother and Baby Home have been written on white sheets and sewn to...

Human rights based approach involves looking at possibility of re-burial at Tuam

Minister Zappone has said that  a human rights based approach to the Mother and Baby Home site in Tuam would involve looking at the...

Box Office opens for Galway International Arts Festival

Tickets are now on sale for the Galway International Arts Festival with one month left until it kicks off with theatre, music, and much...

Government report warned of illegal adoptions six years ago – Galway TD

A government report on the Magdalene laundries warned of illegal adoptions and tampering with birth records back in 2012. Galway West TD Catherine Connolly told...

The woman who fights for choice

Dette McLoughlin is slender and soft-spoken, a tattoo of a blue heart on her right forearm the only indication that she isn't your ordinary...

Catherine Corless honoured at People of the Year awards

Local historian Catherine Corless was among those honoured at the 43rd Rehab People of the Year awards yesterday. Catherine Corless received her award for her...

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