Editorial Comment
The cello, you can bring it anywhere
Thu, May 23, 2024
There is a wonderful flow to Galway’s year - from the sounds and smells of the Christmas Market to the last chuckle of the Comedy Festival, each period is marked by a differing attire. From the tweeds of the Races, to the polo necks of Cuirt, to the summery freckled skin of the Arts Festival. Aliens arriving from space to visit would be able to determine what is on by virtue of what people have on.
Local News
Galway author wins at KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Award
Thu, May 30, 2024
Galway author Serena Molloy is one of the six winners at this year’s KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards which were announced at a ceremony in Dublin this week in partnership with International Literature Festival Dublin.
Politics
Election hopefuls suffer verbal and online racism ahead of next week’s poll
Thu, May 30, 2024
Four first-time candidates in the Galway city council elections have experienced various forms of racist abuse while campaigning ahead of the June 7 poll.
News Interviews
Rallying brings Raftery from Craughwell to Canaries
Thu, May 02, 2024
When Aoife Raftery recounts spinning her suped-up Peugeot around an unexpectedly wet bend on a rough gravel course in Czech Republic last year, her shoulders sway with the memory. Wearing a sleeveless top in the morning heat of Gran Canaria where this year’s 47th Rally Islas Canarias begins today, May 2, the muscle memory of fast gear changes twitches in her exposed fore arms.
National News
Chance for Galwegians to pressure Irish Water
Thu, May 30, 2024
Essential housing and industrial development across County Galway is being delayed by a severe lack of waste water treatment facilities, according to a local TD.
