THERE were poignant scenes this week at the Church of the Resurrection, Ballinfoyle, when touching homily tributes were paid to the local teenagers who lost their...
Country Living with Francis Farragher Maybe it’s an age thing, but for want of a better expression, I’m more into funerals than weddings. We mightn’t do...
A sombre silence descended on the town of Ballinasloe earlier this week as the bodies of two lifelong friends were brought to their final resting place....
There were 1,522 deaths registered in Galway in 2016 – the most recent year with full records – but yet two in three people seriously underestimate...
Efforts are continuing to find a site for the city’s new graveyard . . . and it has now emerged that it may not be possible...
Some grieving families in Galway are under such financial pressure that they have to pay for the funerals of loved ones by instalment and cannot even...
