A student in Galway has created an app designed to help anyone having suicidal thoughts or suffering mental health difficulties.

A Galway man who stabbed a musician to death with a kitchen knife has received a seven year sentence for manslaughter at the Central Criminal court today.

A 52-year-old Galway man accused of murder has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a sudden change of plea on the second day of his trial at the Central Criminal court today.

Two ambulance crewmen told a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal court today how they feared for their own safety while tending to a stabbing victim at a house in Galway two years ago.

A Galway man has pleaded not guilty to murder.