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BOYLE Sports has announced a new initial three-year partnership with Galway Races, including a major milestone for the brand as it marks the opening of its 400th betting shop at Ballybrit.

There was hardly a dry eye among councillors in the chamber after Mayor Helen Ogbu was finished with them.

A Galway engineering company has been recognised at the National Enterprise Awards after winning the West Regional Award at a ceremony in Dublin’s Mansion House.

When a neighbourhood pub changes hands these days, there is always concern that it may be closed and transformed into apartments, or another commercial concern, denying the community a place to congregate, console and celebrate.

“IN England, justice is open to all—like the Ritz Hotel.” This pithy quote, attributed to Victorian-era judge Sir James Mathew, was made to highlight the fact that the law and the Ritz were open to all in theory but, in practice, only the rich could afford them. The quote, often misattributed to Mathew’s compatriot George Bernard Shaw, seems appropriate as the current controversy surrounding our criminal legal aid system – which saw criminal practitioners strike in Tuam Court last Tuesday – rolls on.

A teenage movie maker from County Galway has triumphed in a prestigious industry competition at the Fastnet Film Festival, where Hollywood meets West Cork.

Galway Uke Fest officially opens today, with organisers promising the biggest and most ambitious festival in the event's seven-year history. The four-day celebration of ukulele music, community and creativity will once again bring performers and visitors from across Ireland and beyond to Galway City.

Applegreen is to create up to 450 new jobs following an agreement that will see the Irish company open a series of Popeyes® chicken restaurants at its roadside locations.

A seachrán can be a wandering vagabond, a clever rogue, maybe astray in the head as well as abroad, and the play that made the word infamous in nineteenth century America returns to Galway this summer, for the first time since 1982.

When a neighbourhood pub changes hands these days, there is always concern that it may be closed and transformed into apartments, or another commercial concern, denying the community a place to congregate, console and celebrate.