Galway voters will this week have an unprecedented choice of twelve female candidates looking for a Dail seat – bidding to follow in the footsteps of...
Why do we vote the way we do? Simple says American writer and journalist Rick Shenkman – we’re stupid! Well, fair enough, Shenkman – author of...

The number of people out of work in Galway City has fallen by more than 850 over the past year — and by almost 2,000 in...

The shortage of rural GPs is only exacerbated by the reality that Irish doctors are being offered upwards of €300,000 a year to work abroad. That’s...
City-man Niall Ó Tuathail munches on a bag of dried Dillisk in the front passenger seat of a Social Democrats’ branded white van. Seaweed is his...
On Sunday, St Valentine’s Day, at Pearse Stadium, the Galway senior hurlers sent Cork packing, with a convincing six-point win in the National League. “I think...
Chris Elwood, the manager of Coco Café along Salthill Prom, hands Noel Grealish a brown envelope. Independent Senator Gerald Craughwell erupts laughing. Independent Galway County Councillor...
Hildegarde Naughton is destined for high office if Fine Gael is returned to Government, according to one of the party’s local stalwarts. Jarlath McDonagh, a Galway...