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One in five Galway businesses want to go fully cashless, as the move towards card payments and tapping continues unabated post-Covid. In all, 22% of Galway businesses would like to be fully cashless, according to a survey carried out by BOI Payment Acceptance (BOIPA), a provider of payment technology solutions, which asked Irish businesses about […]

Mayo 3-13 Galway 2-9 GALWAY’S hopes of winning five Connacht ladies football titles on the trot were dashed as a worrying second half display saw them suffer a disappointing defeat at MacHale Park on Sunday. The Tribeswomen only kicked 1-1 in the final period with just one score from play. Galway entered this contest keen […]

Groove Tube with Cian O’Connell This Saturday, the Galway Arts Centre will facilitate the launch of A Sphere of Water Orbiting a Star in Nuns Island Theatre; it’s an audio-visual exhibition conceived by arts collective the Otolith Group and composer Tyler Friedman. The former has been operating since 2002 under the stewardship of co-founders Kodwo […]

1923 Peace negotiations As we go to press, An Dáil is discussing the Peace negotiations between the Government and Mr. de Valera. It was announced on Wednesday for the first time that such negotiations were begun following Mr. de Valera’s “cease fire” proclamation of April 27, and that by the 30th of the month Senators […]

Ulster 10 Connacht 15 By JOHN FALLON CONNACHT captain Jack Carty believes they have a great chance of reaching the URC final if they can just get a better scoring return on their chances in South Africa on Saturday against the Stormers. Carty’s five penalties were enough for them to shock Ulster at Kingspan Stadium […]

WITH the exception of Leitrim, Galway was marginally the cheapest county in the west and north-west to buy non-residential farmland during the course of 2022, according to the latest national survey of prices. The survey showed that the average price of an acre of ‘good land’ in Galway last year, for holdings under 50-acres, was […]

A RESOLUTION adopted by one of the largest political groupings in the European Parliament – to reject the EU’s Nature Restoration Law – has been welcomed by western farm representatives. The European People’s Party (EPP) – to which Fine Gael is affiliated – adopted the resolution on the basis that the proposed law and regulations […]

Andy Gaffney’s awardwinning podcast Promenade, a series of sixteen stories from around the world, was born during the early days of Covid when the 5km travel limit applied. His daily walks on Salthill’s Prom inspired the collection which was based on people’s memories and which has won plaudits at home and abroad. The second series […]

Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle with Denise McNamara When art teacher Serena Slevin-Joyce had second year student Joshua Whelan in her class at Clarin College in Athenry for the year, she was determined to get him involved with a pet project. Joshua has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair. Serena had the idea of […]

World of Politics with Harry McGee God that was a dramatic and historic weekend in England, wasn’t it? So much excitement, so much change, so much hype, so much out with the old and in with the new, and what looks like the coronation of a new leader. Yes, the local elections in Britain were […]