A $1bn US clothes rental company is to open its first international technology office in Galway.

King of the Claddagh Michael Lynskey and his community took to the Galway waterside at the weekend to welcome home a workboat which plied the Atlantic during two world wars.

A lonely cygnet had to be rescued from a driveway after mistaking two swan-shaped flower pots for members of his family.

IF television advertising is a purgatory we are forced to endure for 51 weeks of the year, the arrival of those clever Christmas adverts can often make for better viewing than many of the tired specials and movies dominating the schedules.

Hopes of a single Galway team to compete in next year’s Airtricity League are starting to dim as one of the four group involved in discussions indicated there has been no progress made in crunch talks.

THE inner section of Dun Aengus Dock, in Galway city centre, was often as packed as a giant sardine tin with sprat and mackerel during the last two weeks of October.

THE first Ironman event to be held in Ireland is expected to be worth €25m to Galway’s economy over five years, organisers claimed yesterday.

Athletics fanatics in Galway are attempting to follow in the footsteps of Dublin and Cork with a new marathon in the city, it was revealed today.

More drinking water problems have emerged in Galway, with residents in some parts of the city warned about high levels of lead in their supply.

AN investigation is underway after free copies of the Irish Independent newspaper were given out in Galway voting centres during last Thursday’s vote on the Lisbon Treaty.

IT’S the sort of behaviour that once landed a bank manager in Dublin Castle, but if a tribunal ever asks me, I can’t remember why or how I ended up in a Celtic Helicopter flying to the Galway Races.

THE Salthill Air Show, which takes place on June 24, is rapidly becoming an arms exhibition and military showcase.

FREAK storms that swept through parts of the country at the weekend caused long delays for frustrated airline passengers, electricity blackouts, damage to cars and houses and blew a popular festive ice rink into Galway Bay.

THE Irish Greyhound Board's annual doping report reveals 6,113 samples were taken from greyhounds during 2005 - with 69 testing positive for banned substances.

Gardaí in Galway have arrested a man following an overnight stabbing that left a 17-year-old youth in a critical condition.

A MAN will appear in court this morning charged with assault following the discovery of a body at an apartment block in Waterford.

A clean-up operation is underway in Co Galway after oil was spilled from a storage tank - and could affect local wildlife.

A post mortem will be carried out later today on the body of a man whose body was discovered from the Claddagh basin in Galway.