The victim of a suspected hit and run was found dead on the roadside by his wife, who had begun searching for him after he failed to return home.

Ireland’s larger towns have cleaned up their act but litter is still a major problem in disadvantaged city areas.

Extra work still needed in some poorer, urban areas, survey finds

Hero of Saturday’s Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh, highlight of a weekend which yielded four wins, seven-times champion Pat Smullen partnered Lean And Keen to victory in the featured www.thetote.com Handicap in heavy ground in Ballinrobe last night.

A woman who claimed she was told to take off her jeans going through a security check at Castlerea Prison and, as a result, accidentally dropped her underwear has lost her damages action.

We’d been hearing reports of some extreme weather in pockets of the country yesterday. These pix show it.

With exports to Germany, Italy and the UK, Solaris Botanicals’ western-style herbal teas are winning new customers, and it is eyeing a surprising new marketplace — China, writes Trish Dromey.

Two Galway men are to be sentenced today having pleaded guilty to membership of a criminal organisation, marking the first conviction under new anti-gang legislation.

The Galway West tally is 58% yes in favour of the Fiscal Treaty referendum, and 42% no.

I am writing to express my concern about the fluoride that is in the mains water in Ireland.

The trial of two Galway men accused of directing a criminal organisation has collapsed due to the illness of a juror.

Conversations recorded using audio devices placed inside cars will be used to prove that two Galway men are guilty of directing a criminal organisation, a court has heard today.

Scores of stray horses recovered from housing estates in Galway city this year have been put down.

A WOMAN had a remarkable escape when she jumped from the upstairs of a house after a suspected arson attack on her home.

Gardaí in Galway are appealing for witnesses after a house with a young family inside was set on fire last night.

A 76-YEAR-OLD man died in a fire at his house in Galway in the early hours of yesterday morning.

An elderly man has died in a house fire in Galway.

GARDAÍ raided 20 premises in Galway yesterday in the biggest ever operation into drugs and organised crime in the west of Ireland.

A PRIEST married his own son in Galway yesterday.

Gardaí have arrested a man in connection with a shooting at a house in Galway City in the early hours of this morning.

Two men have appeared in court in Galway charged in connection with the discovery of a pipe bomb at a garda station on Friday night.

A man has been injured in a shooting incident in Galway city.

EIGHT people who suffer from intellectual disability and mental health issues are being sent outside the state by the health service because the treatment is not available here.

A 54-year-old man has died following a fire at his home in Galway city yesterday evening.

A 19-YEAR-OLD man is due to appear in court this morning over the fatal stabbing of his friend.

Gardaí in Galway have begun an investigation into a shooting in the Ballybane area of the city last night.

A RASH of good quality life/equestrian properties are hitting the market this month, while large farm sales are still few and far between.

Three men armed with a knife have escaped with an undisclosed sum of money after raiding a shop on the outskirts of Galway city this morning.

The man whose body was found in the back of a stolen car found burnt out in Galway on Monday was named this afternoon as local man Joe Sweeney from Bohermore.

Gardaí in Galway are questioning two men in their 20s in connection with the discovery of a body in a burned out car in the Ballybane area of the city yesterday morning.

A Limerick man who hit a father of three over the head with bottles of beer during a drinking session and left while he bled to death was today sentenced to eight years in prison.

CREDIT UNIONS loaned three quarters of a billion euro last year to borrowers who couldn’t get the money they needed from banks.

The Food Safety Authority has revealed that it served closure orders on three premises last month.

Cannabis worth around €20,000 has been seized in Galway.