Thirty-one Garda stations are to close, while a further 10 will operate on reduced opening hours, under cost-saving plans announced by Justice Minister Alan Shatter.

A man in his late sixties has been killed in a hit and run in Co Galway.

THE Gala retail group is to set up 40 new shops and create 500 jobs involving an investment of €48 million over the next 12 months.

THE country’s first woman Agriculture and Food Minister Mary Coughlan declared yesterday the challenge of her new position was to be able to deal with change.

A man in his 60s has died in a house fire in Corrandulla, Co Galway.

THE lives of many heart attack victims could be saved by the increased availability of a low-cost medical device in airports, shopping centres and other public areas.

A 28-year-old motorcyclist has died after a collision with a car in Co Galway last night.