Ferry companies serving the three Aran Islands and Inishbofin have agreed to discourage tourists from travelling during the crisis.

Seán’s involvement with Galway’s senior footballers brings more than a smile to the people of Inis Mór.

The State is in the final stages of purchasing Aerfort Na Minna in Connemara in order to secure long-term connectivity to the Aran Islands.

TedFest is returning to Craggy Island (AKA Inis Mór ) this February and Fr Damo (Joe Rooney) has been confirmed he will be hosting the annual Craggy Cup on Kilronan Beach.

The 18km test flight, from Connemara Airport to the airstrip on Inis Mór, took around 15 minutes to complete.

On Monday, a new policing plan for the future went into effect. We will now have fewer, larger Garda divisions. Six overarching regions will become four. Twenty-fourdivisions will become 19. That’s the architecture.

As an introduction to our islands, this heritage week programme has a selection of lovely islands and a wide range of activities to entice you.

The islet of Rockall captured the public interest last month as the periodic claims of its nearest neighbours (ourselves and Scotland mainly) were laid out in stark detail.

GALWAY chef JP McMahon thinks it should be a national food. Food experts estimate it could create up to 200 jobs in coastal areas. And earlier this month, the Slow Food Festival in the Burren put it centre stage.

A body was located and recovered from the sea this afternoon about a mile off the Galway coast.

Mary McGrath is from Ballybrannigan near Cloyne, Co Cork, and is the artistic director of the First Cut Youth Film Festival.

Selector Mikey Sheehy and coach Pádraic Corcoran stood with Éamonn Fitzmaurice for all six of his years as Kerry senior football manager. In a turbulent last 12 months, they weren’t spared much rod but it’s the players they feel most for.

Peter Dowdall on an Irish designer’s project to honour the memory of lives lost during the Great War.

The public should know the official result of the Eighth Amendment referendum this afternoon after a strong turnout in the historic vote.

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

A report into fire brigade facilities on the country’s second most populated island, Arranmore, has found that the services are “extremely limited” and in some areas below standard.

Newly released MI5 papers have added fresh speculation that second generation Irishman ‘Paddy’ Costello, the son of a Dublin grocer, could have been The Sixth Man in the infamous Cambridge Spy Ring. Writer/researcher Johanna Lowry-O’Reilly looks at the evidence as to whether he was an Irish nightingale or a carrier pigeon?

Des O’Driscoll highlights what is not to be missed this week on the box. 

The spectacular Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series returned to the Aran Islands on Saturday. Jacqui Corcoran was there feeling just a little concerned for the bravehearts on the ledge.

FOR much longer than millennia, islands have been a source of intrigue, writes Dan MacCarthy. Someone gazes out from the mainland wondering: “What is out there?”

It is understood that a boom may have swung across the deck of the boat and struck the boy in the head.

By Eoin English

Main events included The Lovely Girls competition, Ted’s Got Talent, The Ronnie Drew Hour, The Ronnie Drew Hour, The Virtual Confession Box, The Craggy Cup and The Prizeless Quiz.

 

Ireland’s water safety watchdog has called for compulsory water safety programmes in all schools after figures in its annual report showed a rise in the number of people who died by drowning.

The Government has re-advertised the tender for the €3.6m subsidised air services to the Aran Islands, Co Galway that it cancelled in controversial circumstances last October.

Sick of the commercialism of Hallowe’en nowadays? Want to return to Samhain’s roots? Well maybe it’s time to take a trip to the Aran Islands, says Ken Phelan, and check out the vibrant local traditions of All-Hallow’s Eve

Maura and Daithi returned to our screens this week. Majorie Brennan went behind the scenes at RTÉ Cork to see just what it takes to get a two-hour live show to air each day.

The Government has been accused of ignoring the concerns and wishes of Aran Islands residents by withdrawing the air service contract for the islands from Aer Arann.

A Filipino fisherman who fell ill while trying to rescue a colleague after he was overcome by fumes died in hospital yesterday morning.

Residents of the Aran Islands, shocked at the loss to Aer Árann of an air service contract for the three islands, plan to fight the Government decision.

Many of Ireland’s most remote and beautiful tourist spots are to feature on Google Street View for the first time next year.

Your guide to tonight's television.

A young couple are being hailed as heroes after saving the life of a student who was swept off a cliff face by a giant wave.

While cities around the world were laying on lavish St. Patrick’s Day parades full of spectacle and wonder, the Aran Islands were holding their own far more low-key version.

Inchydoney beach has been named the best in the country for the second year in a row.

Christmas means something different to everyone. But in many households, it’s the women who are the heart of the season — whether it’s preparing the food, buying and wrapping gifts or just making sure to get everyone together.

For Ciaran Foley and his Oileáin Árainn footballers, this weekend’s All-Ireland JFC quarter-final against Liverpool’s John Mitchels is a journey of epic proportions.

Jumping into a blowhole in Inis Mór is now a popular extreme sport, says Kelly O’Brien.

Lismore, Co Waterford