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By Ivan Smyth GALWAY will be keen to atone for their chastening league final defeat to Kerry when they face into a Connacht final with Mayo at MacHale Park on Sunday (11:30am). With Maghnus Breathnach and Fiona Wynne’s side lining out as the first game in a double header of provincial finals, Galway will be […]

Health, Beauty and Lifestyle with Denise McNamara With the grand auld stretch well and firmly in place, many of us will be turning our attention to the prospect of long hazy days on a foreign holiday somewhere. We are blessed to have two regional airports to fly from, both Shannon and Ireland West in Knock […]

“It’s an amazing piece of theatre,” says actor and comedian Willie White about Brokentalkers’ production, The Examination, which explores mental health and welfare in Ireland’s prison system.  The award-winning piece, which premiered at the 2019 Dublin Fringe Festival, will be performed at the city’s Black Box Theatre this Saturday, April 29, at 8pm as part […]

Galway 1-20 Wexford 1-17 LET’S be grateful for small mercies. It didn’t matter how they got there, the only thing that counted in Carlow on Friday evening was that the Galway U20 hurlers won this Leinster Championship round-robin fixture against Wexford. Though it came without many trimmings, Galway achieved what they came for and this […]

Soccer Wrap with Mike Rafferty Having just taken over as leaders of the Premier Division for the first time following their win over their joint fellow table toppers Athenry last week, Salthill Devon were this week crowned champions without kicking a ball as their closest rivals failed to collect all the points on offer in […]

BY TOM O’CONNOR There is an air of something special from New Dad lead singer, Julie Dawson, and the band’s guitarist, Sean O’Dowd. Julie is happy to be back in Galway where she has been able to see her dog and her family in that order. The 2020 European Capital of Culture is where the […]

GALWAY United are expecting their biggest crowd of the season this Friday night when they welcome Cobh Ramblers to Eamonn Deacy Park looking to extend their perfect start to the season to 11 successive wins (7.45pm). The game has been designated as ‘Club Night’, with United inviting clubs from around the city and county to […]

By Alan Dooley THERE were virtually no signs of any scar tissue from last June’s All-Ireland final defeat as Galway entered the 2023 race to lift the Sam Maguire cup. Indeed, Padraic Joyce’s side showed admirable character and resolve to withstand a third quarter surge from an otherwise surprisingly subdued Roscommon side to qualify for […]

Kerry FC 1 Galway United 4 JOHN Caulfield admits his Galway United side were somewhat complacent in the opening half of their first visit to Tralee last Friday night, and says David Hurley’s equaliser just before half-time was the kick in the backside his side needed to jolt them back on track in a game […]

Glasgow Warriors 29 Connacht 27 By JOHN FALLON CONNACHT, having secured at least seventh place in the table earlier in the day when Munster held the Sharks to a draw, were unable to keep up their winning run in Scotstoun. In the process, their hopes of winning seven league games in-a-row for the first time […]