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FUNDING for the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) needs to be nearly stepped up to bring into line with the rate of payment under the new Suckler Cow Scheme, Galway IFA Chairman said this week. The told the Farming Tribune that he had asked Agriculture Minister, Charlie McConalogue during his recent visit to Galway to seriously […]

LESS than a third of a second proved the difference for one Galway rower who came up just short of a medal at the European Rowing Championships in Lake Bled, Slovenia last weekend. Siobhán McCrohan of Tribesmen Rowing Club missed out on a podium finish by a whisker, finishing fourth in the lightweight single sculls […]

Galway United 3 Athlone Town 1 THERE are games in every season which will never live long in the memory, and this was one of them for Galway United, despite John Caulfield’s side extending both their winning run at home, and their lead at the top of the First Division. The league title now looks […]

Any chance of complacency by Galway United heading into this weekend’s round of double fixtures away to Bray this evening (7.45pm) and at home to Finn Harps on Bank Holiday Monday (5pm) will be swiftly kicked to touch if they think back to just a month ago to their last double-date weekend. A struggling 1-0 […]

By Pádraic Ó Ciardha THE away jerseys and the Factor 50 will both be in the bag this Saturday as the Galway senior footballers take their first trip out of Connacht in this championship campaign and head to Cusack Park in Mullingar to take on Dessie Dolan’s Westmeath. After the torrid rain and, let’s be […]

Oscar-nominated film director Lenny Abrahamson sent a personal message to Film and Documentary students of Galway Community College of Further Education on Monday to mark their graduate screening event. The greeting, which officially launched their celebration at the city’s Eye Cinema, was organised by course tutor, Colleen Quinn-Hendrick Galway Community College of Further Education offers […]

Galway’s Patricia Forde, whose books include the award-winning Wordsmith, is Ireland’s new Laureate na nÓg, or Laureate for Children’s Literature. She will hold the title until 2026, having taken over the role from outgoing Laureate, Áine Ní Ghlinn. City-woman Patricia, a former Artistic Director of Galway Arts Festival and of Baboró Children’s Arts Festival, who […]

Health, Beauty and Lifestyle with Denise McNamara With the weather scorching outside, of course school exams are approaching. I don’t remember being half as relaxed as the Junior Cert student in our house when exams beckoned. In fact, they have very definitely taken a back seat with sport and a summer job are currently the […]

Galway farmer Blátnaid Gallagher knows first-hand how open space and being around animals can help someone’s sense of well-being. The former member of the Defence Forces recalls how, as a young girl growing up in Renmore, Galway City, regular visits to her uncle’s farm offered its own kind of therapy. “Nothing compared to spending time […]

1923 – The impact of war It is just nine years since the news of the European War fell upon a Galway gathering to celebrate Race Week. The banks closed, international credit and stability rocked upon their foundations. True, the waves of that terrible conflict broke harmlessly enough upon our shores; our farmers and our […]