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Groove Tube with Cian O’Connell Having drip-fed the singles from his new EP since early February, Derek Ellard’s first project in two years is set to come to full fruition this weekend. It is a lush and dynamic record, with its five songs offering a perfect representation of Derek’s style and approach to songwriting. There […]

Two men were killed and a third is in a critical condition after their car entered the water at Menlo Pier on the outskirts of Galway city, during the early hours of this (Saturday) morning. Gardaí and the emergency services received reports of a car in the water at approximately 2:40am, and the three males […]

You wait an eternity for one US President with Galway roots to come along – and then a potential second Galwegian in the White House emerges in quick succession! Because with earlier confirmation of Joe Biden’s roots embedded deep in Ballinacourty, outside Oranmore, now the first official challenger to Donald Trump’s planned renaissance turns out […]

Complaints about the Emergency Department of University Hospital Galway (UHG) jumped by 55% last year, the Connacht Tribune has learned. During 2021, when strict Covid-19 restrictions were in place at UHG, a total of 80 official complaints were lodged about the West’s main public Emergency Department. But in the following year, official complaints about the […]

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 […]

Three of New Brunswick's biggest credit unions have voted to merge into one entity. The new Brunswick Credit U...