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GALWAY manager Henry Shefflin is braced for a steep rise in class when the Tribesmen host Cork in the second round of the National Hurling League at Pearse Stadium on Sunday (2pm). Both teams made a winning start to the competition last weekend, but it was the Rebels’ fightback from an eight-point interval deficit against […]

The number of job opportunities in Galway will grow by fifteen per cent over the coming year – following on from the nine per cent increase experienced here in 2022. That’s according to FRS Recruitment, which also revealed that 18 of the 26 counties in the Republic experienced an increase in openings in 2022. And […]

EXCESSIVE paperwork and unreasonable conditions could put off a cohort of farmers from joining the new suckler cow scheme which starts this year, a farm leader has warned this week. Connacht IFA Chair, Pat Murphy, told the Farming Tribune that he didn’t see the reasoning behind applicants having to be in the Bord Bia Quality […]

Groove Tube with Cian O’Connell Derek Ellard is a talented Galway-based songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist; he boasts a comprehensive catalogue of live performances around the city, including support slots for the likes of Gavin James, Wallis Bird, the Frank and Walters, and Hudson Taylor. With his primary focus though, folk-rock outfit Derek Ellard & the […]

Arts Week with Judy Murphy The various Covid lockdowns were pretty grim but there were some unexpected positives – including the comedy collaboration that developed between Pat Shortt and his daughter Faye. That’s resulted in a touring show, Well, which will come to the city’s Galmont Hotel this Saturday, February 11, having been touring since […]

Author Róísín O Donnell’s new travel book Home Place, Heart Place brings the reader on a journey around Ireland, visiting well-known and less-renowned areas, accompanied by a local from each place. In this extract, she’s in  Craughwell musing on the life and work of wandering poet, Raftery, and Lady Gregory’s role in ensuring his legacy […]

Inside Track with John McIntyre It was one of those grim days that the Galway footballers would prefer to forget. Apart from the serious knee injury sustained by Damien Comer in the opening quarter, the home team allowed a winning hand to slip late on in a dour encounter against Roscommon at Pearse Stadium. Naturally, […]

1923 Influenza cure Of the ills to which human flesh is heir, those which result from the periodical influenza epidemic are, perhaps, the most devastating. The toll of human life in the great epidemic of 1918-’19 was unparalleled in the more recent history of the world. It is calculated that in the twelve months the […]

The Moth & Butterfly International Festival of Storytelling & Improvisation will take place in Galway City, County and online from this Friday to Saturday, February 3-5. Events will include improvisational theatre events, children’s storytime, a virtual global story chain, a music workshop and an audio experience in Connemara, according to Artistic Director Órla Mc Govern. […]

By Ciarán Ó Flaithearta The 2023 Six Nations gets underway this weekend in what is also a World Cup year, so there will be plenty of focus tomorrow and Sunday on the Millennium Stadium, Twickenham, and the Stadio Olimpico. The weekend action gets underway this evening, however, when the U-20 Six Nations campaign gets underway, […]