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Maigh Cuilinn 65 UG Maree 77 MAIGH Cuilinn’s season-long failures on offence came back to haunt them once again on Saturday as their hopes of pulling off an ambush against the newly-crowned cup champions crumbled in the final 15 minutes. Having shown the class to give their local rivals a guard of honour onto the […]

A concert by German born, Irish-based singer-songwriter Sina Theil, which was recorded at the Town Hall Theatre in December 2020, during lockdown will be broadcast by TG4 this Saturday night, February 4. This energetic and hardworking artist is currently touring Ireland as special guest with rising folk singer Dan McCabe. She has previously been named […]

Mayo 1-11 Galway 2-8 Pádraic Ó Ciardha aqt MacHale Park IT will have been a frustrating journey home from Castlebar for Pádraic Joyce last Saturday night after Ryan O’Donoghue’s last-gasp point saw his side throw away an opening round victory against Mayo. It won’t just have been one thing annoying the Galway manager either. First […]

1923 Training ex-soldiers A meeting of the committee of Galway Technical Institute was held on Tuesday, Mr. Eraut presiding. The secretary, Dr. Webb, stated that there was a deputation outside from the Galway Carpenters’ Society in reference to the offer made by the Ministry of Labour to the committee to have up to 100 ex-soldiers […]

Inside Track with John McIntyre YOU could sympathise with Padraic Joyce’s frustration after Saturday evening’s rip-roaring National Football League clash at MacHale Park. Better game management in the closing minutes would have seen Galway over the line and dealt an early season blow to the new Kevin McStay led Mayo management. In shades of their […]

The Connacht Hospitality Group this week announced that they raised more than €90,000 for a range of good Irish causes throughout 2022. The group, which owns well-known Galway establishments including The Connacht Hotel, An Púcán, HYDE Hotel, Residence Hotel and 1520 Bar, as well as the Galway Bay Golf Resort, held a range of events […]

THERE’S a local perception that Galway hurlers should nearly always be beating Wexford, but statistics – at least, in terms of championship clashes – beg to differ. Prior to the Leinster final of 2017 which Galway won comfortably on a 0-29 to 1-17 scoreline, the Tribesmen had only recorded a solitary victory over Wexford in […]

By Gerry Murphy A wise marketing man once told me that if you wrap the green flag around a product, Irish people will take to it immediately. Opel once advertised themselves as ‘Ireland’s number one supporter’ when their name was emblazed on the chest of Irish soccer players in the golden days of Jack Charlton […]

Country Living with Francis Farragher Political correctness was never a term I was familiar with as a kid, and maybe just as well, thinking back on some of the stuff we used to come out with. We learned nursery rhymes where the ‘N word’ featured through 10 verses in a row without even having the […]

Groove Tube with Cian O’Connell Despite a shortage of designated venues and mounting economic pressure post-pandemic, Galway’s nightlife has been propped up over the last year by recurring music nights that facilitate original acts. One such event is Blush, a club night that has been taking place on Thursday nights in the Róisín Dubh since […]