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There is an old saying in sport that “you have to lose one to win one”, but if you were to live by that mantra, then Galway United are due a win in the greater scheme of things sooner rather than later. The club has seen its last three promotion attempts end in defeat, losing […]

AN air of unpredictability will hang over Pearse Stadium on Saturday (4:30pm) ahead of the opening round of the Leinster senior hurling championship and a match between two teams who are capable of anything – albeit more bad than good in Wexford’s case. Galway are also coming into the championship with something to prove. Failing […]

Connacht 38 Cardiff 19 JOHN FALLON at the Sportsground BUNDEE Aki, back to his brilliant best to guide Connacht into the knockout stages of the URC, said he owed that performance to the fans who have stuck with him during a disruptive season at the Sportsground. Aki, who turned 33 earlier this month, made only […]

OCD ME, a one-woman show about living with obsessive compulsive disorder, will be performed at Nuns’ Island Theatre next weekend as part of Galway Theatre Festival. Written and directed by Aisling Smith it’s being performed by Laura Whelan, both of whom are graduates of NUIG – now University of Galway OCD Me is an autobiographical […]

Groove Tube with Cian O’Connell Derry three-piece Cherym are among the most nuanced and sophisticated punk acts performing in Northern Ireland. With influences as wide ranging as Pixies, PUP and Charly Bliss, their work has glided between garage and alternative pop sounds since their first release in 2018. It culminated in October of 2021 with […]

Galway 2-13 Cork 1-12 Eanna O’Reilly at Croke Park THE Galway senior camogie team won an historic second consecutive Division One League title at Croke Park on Sunday when a tremendous second-half performance saw them overcome Cork by a four point margin. The title is Galway’s seventh overall and third in the last five seasons. […]

FURTHER cuts of four cents per litre in the March milk price – confirmed by Arrabawn this week – will bring margins for dairy farmers down close to cost-of-production levels, according to Connacht IFA Chair, Pat Murphy. The Ardrahan dairy farmer – himself a supplied to Arrabawn – told the Farming Tribune that since the […]

World of Politics with Harry McGee Eaten bread is soon forgotten – and so are political ‘events’, whether they are hugely positive or critically detrimental. Because a week on, any controversy is already receding, and so conversely are the positives. A month later it is a distant memory. A year later it’s completely forgotten. An […]

The Leitir Mealláin and Garumna Heritage Centre offers an extraordinary insight into how our ancestors lived. Its vast collection includes antique implements for fishing, farming, and household work as well as maritime and movie memorabilia, toys, money and guns. Old photos from the area show how people lived locally, while there’s also an enormous collection […]

1923 – Servant problem The servant problem has been and is worrying a number of householders. Irish labour Exchanges in conjunction with local technical schools have endeavoured to solve the problem by training unemployed women. The day course of three months established by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce at Galway Technical Institute is drawing […]