The Tuam firm at the cutting edge of driverless car technology returned to profit in 2016 to record pre-tax profits of €6.6m.

After a 29-year wait, Galway's victorious hurlers have brought the Liam McCarthy Cup back to the city of the tribes.

A Co Galway-based secondary school teacher has launched a High Court challenge against her proposed transfer from the school she has taught at for 17 years to another school.

The National Lottery celebrates its 30th birthday this week and in that time has created more than 800 millionaires and donated almost €5 billion to charitable causes.

A Co Galway couple say they were horrified after Portiuncula Hospital carried out a review into the death of their baby - without their knowledge.

DPP withdraws sexual exploitation charges against teacher as complainant admits allegations false

As the nation prepares to remember the momentous historic events in Dublin over six days following Easter 1916, it is important that we should not forget those that also occurred around the country during the same pivotal period.

With over one million second level exam students, the UK is proving a tempting prospect for Co Galway-based company Mockness which offers e-learning tools designed to help improve student performance.

The make-up of a review team to examine at least 12 cases of questionable care of newborns at Portiuncula Hospital which left some babies dead and others brain damaged has been announced.

Weddings will be able to take place in the grounds of hotels and other approved wedding venues after a ruling by the attorney general.

The Tony Mullins-trained Sammy Black and John Ryan’s Kilcarry Bridge captured the big ‘pots’ on McHale day at Ballinrobe last night.

A €3m spruce-up to boost tourist attractions has been unveiled by Environment Minister Phil Hogan.

The rapid expansion of civil engineering group, Ward & Burke’s business in Canada last year contributed to the group’s pre-tax profits almost tripling to €4.75m.

More than €367,000 hasalready been paid out for flood relief claims, but the Department of Social Protection said more claims are likely.

Forget about the millions of euro spent on turkeys this Christmas, Ireland’s most expensive bird is the rare and protected hen harrier.

The operator of the network of Twist soup kitchens has avoided the threat of jail by shutting down his Ennis operation.

A Co Galway couple yesterday won their High Court appeal against the Financial Services Ombudsman’s decision not to uphold their complaint against ACC Bank.

Each week, Esther N McCarthy scouts around for interesting bits for your home. This week, she gets passionate about purple lamps and gets a boost from a bright baby chair.

A Co Galway company, founded to provide a software product to analyse and interpret patients’ blood tests, is entering the British market and is anticipated to achieve turnover of €20m by 2020, writes Trish Dromey

GALWAY’S five-star Glenlo Abbey hotel and golf course, on 140 acres at Bushy Park — complete with old Orient Express train carriages — is up for sale for joint receivers Aengus Burns and Michael McAteer of Grant Thornton, with offers sought close to €4m.

A ghost estate in Co Cavan has sold for €210,000 at a distressed property auction in Dublin.

Paul Gilligan, who has struggled to make an impact for a number of seasons, hit the jackpot at Gowran Park yesterday when Jadanli landed the valuable Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase.

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.

A Co Galway couple have been restrained by the High Court from interfering with a receiver appointed by a bank to take over their five-store retail development.

A string of top awards at last week’s Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show pointed to a revival of sport horse breeding in Munster.

LEADERSHIP distinction awards were presented to 54 Macra members during the Bank of Ireland-sponsored county officer training.

GOLF is one of the most individualistic if not the most selfish of sporting activities.

A SUBSIDIARY of Co Galway property development group Lalco Holdings Ltd recorded pre-tax losses of €397,851 in 2009 after revenue at the firm plummeted.

One hundred new jobs are being announced for Co Galway.

THE Coolea Farmhouse Cheese company in the Muscrai Gaeltacht in west Cork won two top awards at the British Cheese Awards last weekend.

ONE of the largest motor dealerships in the west of Ireland is anticipating its pre-tax profits will more than double to €310,000 this year.

PAT QUINLAN has suffered many disappointments in his 14 years representing Portumna in various inter-club competitions, so it was all the sweeter for the man from Ballinderry in North Tipperary that he should clinch their first Bulmers Irish Junior Cup triumph at Castlebar yesterday.

A SERIES of new and separate claims by various banks seeking judgment orders for more than €150 million over unpaid loans, the vast majority property related, came before the Commercial Court yesterday.

ARRABAWN DAIRIES will supply Aldi with Irish milk which they say will be up to 30% cheaper than the leading competing Irish brands.

Three Co Galway hurlers have secured a High Court injunction preventing the county's GAA authorities from taking disciplinary action against them arising out of an alleged assault on a referee.

TONY MARTIN breathed a huge sigh of relief after his Aggie’s Lad won the Seamus Weldon Novice Chase at Killarney last night.

A Co Galway company which has developed a stent that slowly releases heart medicine has been taken over by Boston Scientific.

A Co Galway hotelier has been forced to pay guests a petrol subsidy because of the soaring cost of fuel.

MORE than one-third of all public patient beds in Ireland are set to close over the next six years. This will enable private investors to make money from the sick and the dying.

The Progressive Democrats today faced down its critics and vowed to stay in Government to make a difference.

A confession made by a Co Galway man convicted of the murder of an elderly woman over 25 years ago was the work of more than one person, a scientist told the Court of Criminal Appeal today.