A case of contagious equine metritis infection (CEM) has been confirmed in a non-thoroughbred stallion at Doughiska, Co Galway — the first case notified in Ireland since 1982.

MORE than a dozen new second-level schools will begin classes for the first time in 2013 and 2014, mostly in the greater Dublin region.

A PROPERTY development company could avoid paying almost half a million euro in development levies due to a simple typo in a planning document by Galway City Council.

MORE than 23,500 places in 20 new schools and 32 extensions have been promised as part of the Government’s €579 million school building programme.

Gardaí in Galway have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with a series of arson attacks on homes and vehicles in the city in the early hours of this morning.

Gardaí in Galway are investigating an arson attack in the Briarshill area in the early hours of this morning.

GARDAÍ in Galway are searching for two teenagers who set another youth on fire in an unprovoked attack.

Gardaí in Galway are seeking the public's help in tracing a 14-year-old Nigerian girl who has been missing for almost two days.

The health insurance firm Vivas Health is to provide cover for private accident and emergency services at the new Galway Clinic at Doughiska near Galway city.

Gardaí in Galway are asking for the public's help in tracing a missing man.