‘We’ll get a few bob off,’ says Co Galway homeowner who delayed buying her winter heating oil to await help in Budget 2027

Galway City Council warned last January that levy would incur interest if not paid within two months

Thomas Sweeney was charged with the serious assault of Christopher McDonagh, at 2.15pm on Sunday, September 27

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Gardaí investigate two other, unrelated assaults in Sligo town and Galway where other people were hospitalised

Both men, aged 27 and 25, are in custody and appeared before Galway District Court today.

Fairground Attraction frontwoman visits Connemara ancestral home of late partner and songwriter John Douglas to spread his ashes

Council has spent €28,000 refreshing image with a new logo but some want the old ‘G’ back

Nearly 10% of horses seized were euthanised, while Shetland ponies accounted for a third of strays in Limerick

A LITTER of cute kittens, found dehydrated in a ditch on Inis Mór, the largest Aran Island, have been nursed back to health after they were flown to the mainland for treatment. Galway Cat Rescue – …

A DAD-of-one died in a “tragic” farm incident in Co Galway earlier this that has caused “heavy sadness” in the area. The father-of-one, believed to be in his early 40s, has …

Fast food company joins other objectors to proposed new Starbucks outlet

Residents point to jobs, tourism and investment as west Clare village hosts Irish Open and awaits US president

A fifth of State’s coastline is at grave risk from hazards such as flooding, with climate change playing key role

Two men have been charged with the rape of a woman at the car park of the station at Eyre Square on August 1st

Eoin Doyle was travelling with his father when fatal incident happened in Mayo town

Up to 20 people were involved in a public order incident outside a local authority house on August 30th

Milena Ostojic (65) died on April 25, 2026.

Strategy outlines strong evidence-based link between high speed limits and devastating road collisions

Members of the meditative movement marched in the Galway city event despite the efforts of Beijing’s representative in Ireland

Pranks cost ‘time, money and even lives’ as 221 fake calls dealt with last year

Gardaí consent to bail but court remands accused in custody pending proof of €5,000 surety

Defendant and complainant are in long-term relationship and share children together, defence solicitor says

Signs erected at station in Republic’s first official bilingual city to be corrected ‘as soon as possible’, says Irish Rail

Bradley Bytes made its debut on May 14, 2013, one of two new opinion columns that appeared for the first time in The Connacht Sentinel.

The judges set to work not long after the gates opened with hundreds having registered for the Best Dressed competition

A homeless man prosecuted for not taxing the car he was living out of in Galway City had the case against him struck out at the local court.

A local woman who struggled to use Galway City Council’s new app to pay for parking was one of several contested cases at the dedicated traffic session of Galway District Court last week.

Six years on from the disaster that was Galway 2020, and the ‘legacy’ orb has finally appeared in the city.

An organisation that represents more than 200 local community organisations has urged University of Galway to end its link with Israel.

The HSE has apologised for the disruption to staff and patients’ meals at University Hospital Galway due to an ‘issue’ with its kitchen last weekend.

A smart cookie from County Galway joined forces with his grandmother to create a successful baking business.

Allegations of blackmail using covert recordings, and accusations of being a Garda informant were among the unproven claims made during a domestic violence court case heard in Conamara last week.

A massive whale, measuring seven metres high, will take to the streets of Galway City this weekend as part of the Galway International Arts Festival’s street spectacle.

A man remains in a critical condition in hospital after his e-scooter was involved in an incident along the Promenade in Salthill last weekend.

The Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR) has written a second public letter urging the University of Galway’s management team to cease its relationship with Israel’s Technion University.

Are you familiar with the phrase, ‘Dúirt bean liom, go ndúirt bean lei . . .’?

Groups opposed to the Galway Ring Road are taking legal action against the Government over new rules they claim will make it harder to object to infrastructure projects on environmental grounds.

Mike Cubbard was the highest paid Galway City Councillor in 2025.

A judge has warned a County Galway couple that they will be jailed if their child continues to miss school in the next term.

The Burkes of Mayo have stooped to a new low. As part of their crusade to accost politicians in the street about Enoch Burke, they pounced on Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh in Castlebar earlier this week.

A man accused of murdering a woman in Clifden last month has been found dead in prison.

An Coimisiún Pleanála has confirmed it received a complaint about alleged “inappropriate” remarks made by a senior member of its Governing Board who welcomed the planning permission go-ahead for the G...

Galway Garda investigations are ongoing following the discovery of cannabis and cocaine at a home in the city last week.

Uachtarán na hÉireann Catherine Connolly will be conferred with the Freedom of the City of Galway at a special ceremony this Friday afternoon.

The new ‘black box’ that has appeared in Galway City Centre – almost seven foot tall – is part of an automated bollard system recently installed to ‘protect’ the pedestrian zone on Cross Street.

Galway Gardaí are investigating all the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a man on the grounds of University of Galway campus in the city on Sunday June 7.