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Connacht 43 Lions 24 By JOHN FALLON at the Sportsground CONNACHT captain Jack Carty said it’s an honour to become the province’s all-time top scorer but the most important thing is that they keep chalking up the wins heading into the business end of the season in the URC and Challenge Cup. His tally of […]

GALWAY sheep farmers will get the chance to vent their feelings on the prices and cost crisis facing the sector at a meeting in Tuam next week. The meeting – hosted by Galway IFA – will take place in the Ard Rí House Hotel, Tuam, on Wednesday, February 8, starting at 8pm. It follows a […]

A farmer and publican in southeast Galway has turned his country pub into a live music venue for leading artists in order to survive. So far, Paul Noonan of Bell X1, Sean Keane, Eleanor Shanley and Mike Hanrahan from Stockton’s Wing have taken to the stage at the Cornerstone Bar in Gurteeny in sold out […]

By Mike Rafferty                       RELEGATED from the top flight at the end of last season, Loughrea are making a serious effort to go straight back up and they maintained their advantage at the top of the Championship with a hard earned 2-0 away win over Mervue United B in Fahy’s Field on Sunday. Though the City […]

MORE intensively stocked farmers – the vast majority of them in the dairy sector – have been advised by the Minister for Agriculture to ‘engage as soon as possible’ with the Nitrates Derogation application process. Charlie McConalogue also advised dairy farmers who previously did not avail of the derogation to consult with their agricultural advisors […]

The Galway to Limerick intercity rail service enjoyed its busiest year in 2022 since it was re-opened in 2010 at a cost of €110 million. Passenger numbers on the Western Rail Corridor grew by 14% last year, compared with the last pre-Covid year of 2019. Supporters said the growth in usage has ‘defied the naysayers’, […]

World of Politics with Harry McGee Once upon a time there was a constituency called Galway South. And until 1961 there was the constituency of Galway North. If you go back to the 19th century it was just Co Galway. For this generation, the two constituencies that have made up this county have been Galway […]

By Gerry Murphy Toyota has closed out the competitive January passenger car sales period in pole position, continuing the brand’s dominance as Ireland’s best-selling car brand for three years in a row. Toyota sold 4,446 passenger cars last month, over 700 more than the next best seller, giving it a market leading share of 16.25%, […]

A Different View with Dave O’Connell I’ve never understood betting but, just as I’ve never understood astrophysics either, I’ve plenty of time for those who do. Just because I don’t or can’t do it doesn’t make it an unusual pursuit. But betting to me was always just a few quid on a fancied horse or […]

After the 1916 Rising in Galway was quashed, its leader Liam Mellows and two companions found refuge in a remote hilly area south of Gort. Mellows had his treasured fiddle with him and during five months hiding in Knockjames, he played and taught the instrument. For more than 100 years, it’s been in the care […]