This cottage-style home on 11 acres has a modern touch — and stunning vistas, writes Trish Dromey.

Galway’s outstanding form this spring continued as they burst out of the blocks against Donegal and easily secured their place in the Lidl Ladies NFL Division 1 final, their first time to reach that decider since 2015.

UCC are through to play St Mary’s University College, Belfast in the Sigerson Cup final in Parnell Park next Wednesday.

Ever since Corofin unfortunately tore Nemo Rangers to ribbons in the All-Ireland Club SFC final last March, half an eye has been kept on the evolution on the westerners' club and the Galway inter-county teams at adult level.

It’s Tuesday evening in the village of Corofin. Outside Raftery’s pub sits a car painted saffron and green. Printed on the bonnet, doors, and boot are the names of each Corofin panellist, as well as management.

A growing number of towns and villages with Garda stations no longer have a dedicated garda, with eight stations losing their last permanent officer last year.

Eleven-time senior All-Ireland winner Deirdre O’Reilly has confirmed she has retired from intercounty football after a hugely-impressive 15-year career.

A judge yesterday warned two warring sisters that if they breach their sworn undertakings, he will pack them off in a windowless white wagon “and ye can scream at each other to your little hearts’ content”.

An Irish teenager has died following a swimming accident in Germany.

Kilkenny, Tipperary, Wexford and Offaly make the quarter-finals.

Three Clare towns are set to host local votes in an effort to correct “misspellings” which have appeared on all official signs for the towns since 2011.

A large number of homes in Co Clare have been found with dangerously high levels of radon — with fears many more householders are unaware of the presence of the cancer-causing gas beneath their properties.

Emergency services from two counties responded to separate collisions on the M18 this afternoon.

A mother and her two young children had a lucky escape yesterday after their car smashed into a stone wall and flipped over three times.

Two women had a lucky escape when they became trapped in their car after driving into floodwaters in Co Clare yesterday.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

A move by council contractors to almost cut a road in half — but leave the old road markings in place for now — has Ennis people locals up in arms after a few near misses on the route.

The dismantled but famed West Clare Railway line is to breathe new life.

It’s just as well Mick O’Rourke is in the business of renewable energy as his daughter Caoimhe May, 12, is as close to perpetual motion as you can get.

Not a town usually associated with going out of your way for, Corofin has been rejuvenated in recent years thanks to the hard work and dedication of its locals. Put it in your satnav the next time you’re passing out west.    

A man charged with fraud for claiming half-ownership of Facebook based on a phony contract and faked emails is missing, his lawyer has said.

The possibility of playing in the last St Patrick’s Day All-Ireland senior club football final will have no bearing on Corofin next Tuesday, insists manager Stephen Rochford.

Galway GAA is mourning the death of one of their longest serving officials with the passing of Central Council delegate Pat Egan.

Castleisland Desmonds (Kerry) 2-11 Clonbur (Galway) 1-6

Murroe Boher captain Louise Crowley hopes her side can help repay supporters with a win when they play Roscommon’s St Ciaran’s in the Tesco Homegrown All-Ireland Junior Club Championship final on Saturday.

At this time of year, we’re supposed to be entering rugby country for the next while, but really, can a month that hosts so many county finals be more GAA than October?

Drinking water restrictions which affected 3,300 customers in Co Clare have been lifted.

Up to 1,800 people in Corofin town, Co Clare, and its environs in Ruan village will be unable to drink tap water over the weekend.

Water tankers are being brought in for around 1,800 customers of a public water supply in Co Clare.

Facebook fraud trial told that extradition ‘rarely enforced’ here

The best things in life are free, says Travel Writer of the Year Pól Ó Conghaile — and he’s got the proof here.

Gardaí are investigating the discovery of a woman's body in a campervan in Co Clare.

Barrie Cooke was one of Ireland’s most esteemed painters, particularly of lakes and rivers.

“Walking down the street, I’ve been called Jesus, Rasputin, Fagan, ZZ Tops, even Forty Coats, it depends on the generation,” says John McNally, the face of beards in Ireland.

We scan a selection of trading up homes from around the country.

The titanic minutes of the Irish Tug of War championships in broiling Corofin on the edge of the Burren yesterday came when the two top Irish teams eventually qualified to meet in the final.

A 25-year-old man who “befriended” a woman separated from her friends during a hen party before repeatedly raping her has been given a 15-year sentence.

They may claim to have “the best built cars in the world”, but Toyota has been sued by a Co Galway couple after rats infested both of their Toyota Avensis cars.