€79 per person for the tasting menu (drinks, wine, etc not included).

As open water sea swimmers prepare for a Galway Bay crossing this weekend, Irish Water has said there is “no proven link” between a recent serious pollution incident in the city and the quality of bathing water off Galway’s beaches.

India’s sixth-largest city, Chennai is in crisis as its water reservoirs and rivers have run dry.

You won't break 70. You probably won't even break 90. But it will break your heart. Kevin Markham introduces a 18-hole golf course made up of the roughest and toughest that Ireland has to offer.

John Dalton, professor of molecular parasitology, NUI Galway

The High Court has overturned a Bord Pleanála "fast track" strategic housing approval for a 197 residential unit development in Bearna, Co Galway.

The threat of bacterial epidemics is something that threatens all countries, island or not.

THIS West Cork island near the mouth of Glandore Harbour is one of five Rabbit Islands in the country, with the others in Bantry Bay, Cork Harbour, Galway Bay and Lough Corrib

Make a spa day of Sundays with these luxurious bathing buys, writes Rachel Marie Walsh.

Were Liverpool’s last three results a reasonable pointer or yet another wicked tease for City fans used to minute crumbs from trips to this part of the world?

Ireland has an infestation of lion’s mane jellyfish and five people have needed hospital treatment after being stung by them.

Having enjoyed the magic of Co Clare as a youngster, Eoin English retraces his steps — now with his own family in tow.

Galway’s Harbour Hotel is ideally positioned just a few minutes walk to the city centre. Better still, it’s just had an extensive refurbishment, Susan O’Shea checks in.

Rescue workers searching for a missing swimmer in Galway Bay have found a body.

A search is underway in Galway Bay for a swimmer feared missing after failing to return to shore this afternoon.

Kilkenny teenager Mark Power is gunning to become the youngest winner of the West of Ireland since Rory McIlroy in 2006 after he completed two impressive wins on the opening day of matchplay combat at Rosses Point.

Amid growing opposition to land-based wind and solar-power projects, the renewable energy industry is looking more to the sea as an alternative energy source.

Kevin Markham on the best new and upgraded golf courses in Ireland, Britain and Europe.

An elderly man has been airlifted to hospital after he was rescued from the sea in Co Clare this afternoon.

Two fishermen feared missing in Galway Bay overnight have been found safe and well.

Scientists have found that microplastic pollution is increasing on the Irish continental shelf, one of the largest seabed territories in Europe.

The discovery of a bearded seal at Timoleague recently, prompts renewed interest in early records, writes Richard Collins

The great yellow bumblebee and the Atlantic salmon are among Ireland’s most endangered species.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after he was seriously injured in a farm accident in Co Clare this evening.

Two sailing regattas this week, on opposite coasts, have succeeded in mustering a large proportion of Ireland’s boating community. And both, in turn have their own spectacles on offer although for different reasons.

Kevin Markham discovers Irish golf clubs embracing the magic of the Masters.

Ireland has reached a point where large scale wind- farms are not acceptable to communities, according to Housing Minister Simon Coveney.

Gardaí have confirmed that remains found in Galway Bay last week are those of a missing Limerick woman.

SUNNY weather has finally arrived with temperatures up and the prospect of one of the best summers in years. That will invariably mean taking to the great outdoors, to the waters and the wild. Schoolchildren on holidays are also enjoying summer camps and family breaks.

A woman has been rescued from the sea off Co Clare after she got into difficulty while kayaking this morning.

No one knows a city like a local. So who better to give the lowdown on Galway than Síle Seoige. She describes her perfect day in the county to Ciara McDonnell.

Trish Dromey gives a thumbs up to this surprisingly spacious renovated farmhouse near Bell Harbour in Co Clare.

 

Taste the Atlantic is a seafood journey that stretches south from Erris in Co Mayo to Connemara and on to Galway Bay.

Post mortem examinations will take place today on the bodies of two men recovered in Galway over the weekend.

When Trevor Blake from Mayo and Sandra Lynskey from Galway got married, they weren’t just pledging their love for one another, they were also doing their part to improve relations between their two home counties.

Galway’s tourism offering has been given a ringing endorsement by the New York Times, which spent 36 hours in the city.

Over 600 rebels mobilised in the western county, but, with no arms nor reinforcements arriving, they had no choice but to reject the urgings of their leader Liam Mellows and disband, writes Conor McNamara

The family of a missing student have said they are relieved to have him home after a body was pulled from the sea.