Rent supplements must be increased as a matter of urgency in Budget 2016, the Simon Communities have said.

A controversial transport plan aimed at freeing up Galway City’s congested streets is facing massive opposition.

Anybody who has been around North America will be familiar with the fact that there are few city centres as we know them. The only businesses apparent in what would normally be the city centre are office block after office block interspersed with service industries feeding or supplying those who work in the office blocks. By and large they are soulless places.

The HSE is to carry out an urgent inspection of lifts across the country following the death of a three-year-old boy in Galway.

Motorists are being warned to take extra care on the roads this morning following heavy rain overnight.

Galway city centre businesses have vowed to seek compensation for losses they have suffered due to the redevelopment of Eyre Square.