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.

Food news with Joe McNamee

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

The arts festival in Galway has a series of talks and discussions on the subject of ‘home’. Here, three of the participants offer Richard Fitzpatrick their thoughts.

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

Sorcas an Ghrá is a singles weekend with a difference.

A marine investigation board has called for new safety measures on one of the Aran Islands after a man and woman fell into the sea while disembarking a ferry.

Authorities have called for new safety measures on one of the Aran Islands after a man and woman fell into the sea while disembarking a ferry.

Irish Water has submitted a series of planning applications to Galway County Council in a bid to ease chronic water shortages on two of the Aran Islands.

Environmental champions who have changed the toilet- flushing habits of hundreds of people and improved water quality in a scenic bay have been honoured for protecting the Irish coastline.

Cian Ó Cíobháin is originally from west Kerry, but has been living in Galway since his college days. This week, his electronic music show on Raidio na Gaeltachta, An Taobh Tuathail, is marking 17 years on air. It’s broadcast Monday to Friday at 10pm.

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.

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.

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.

Barbara Scully discovered the wonders of a charming Atlantic outpost designed for relaxation.

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.

A prominent environmental group has criticised the EU’s decision to close two longstanding investigations into Irish salmon farming. 

The state agency in charge of the country’s rivers has called on the Department of Agriculture to consider a study which concluded fish farming has a "general negative effect" on sea trout stocks, when deciding to grant permission to a planned 1,000-acre fish farm off the Aran Islands.

Water chiefs are facing calls to tap into a massive hidden network of underground rivers off the west coast in a bid to solve worsening droughts on the Aran Islands.

Drink, feck! Not a chance of a drop of it on Craggy Island.

One of the country’s busiest coast guard units will begin the move from a 150-year-old shed to a state-of-the-art €1.9m station today.

Bord Iascaigh Mhara has applied for an aquaculture licence to develop a deep-sea salmon farm off Inis Oírr, and is working on two further projects off the west coast to create jobs for local communities, writes Donal Maguire.

A massive logistical operation was under way off the west coast yesterday to deliver water to two island communities.

Emergency water supplies are due to be taken to the Aran Islands today.

A bottlenose dolphin known to have attacked several swimmers in Clare last year has relocated to the Aran Islands, with fears she could do the same there.

Storms that ravaged Ireland’s coast at the start of the year have cost several beaches their coveted Blue Flag award.

Mephisto bring their production of David Harrower’s controversial play Blackbird to Cork Arts Theatre next week. The play was also a hit at last year’s Galway Theatre Festival.

The survival of Ireland’s offshore island and rural coastal communities is dependent on the Government changing tack to promote a diverse range of activities.

Thousands have been left without power, roads have been ripped up and isolated homes have been cut off from the mainland after storms ravaged the country.

Environmental groups protested outside the Good Food Ireland awards and called on the food and tourism sector to boycott farmed salmon this Christmas.

FOR AS long as I can remember I have heard stories about the Aran Islands.

Your editorial comment titled “Aran salmon proposal — Report is challenged” (Aug 16) correctly urges Marine Minister Simon Coveney to review all evidence before making a final decision on the BIM application. We suggest that game, set and match must be awarded to the wild Atlantic salmon for a clean marine in Galway Bay.

First it was Killarney — now horse nappies are about to be introduced to the Aran Islands as the local council seeks to get jarvies to clean up their act.

A renowned international marine biology expert has written to Simon Coveney, the fisheries minister, about “incorrect information” that is allegedly being circulated about the effects of sea lice on wild salmon.

The body representing the views of a number of islanders living closest to a planned €50m organic salmon farm said it strongly objects to the plan.

Assurances given by a state body over risks to wild salmon have not eased coastal communities’ fears over fish farms.

Salmon and sea trout anglers along with inshore fishermen insist a planned explosion of giant fish farms on the west coast will lead to a senseless destruction of the Irish environment and damage key industries.

With questions hanging over the future of the wild Atlantic salmon, a big money-spinner for Irish tourism, few issues provoke more heated controversy than the operation of fish farms off Ireland’s coasts.

Shoppers are being encouraged to boycott farmed salmon by Irish anglers, coastal communities, and environmentalists opposed to the further expansion of fish farms around the coast.

Drystock farmer Pat Murray is facing a fall in income of €1,560 next year because of cuts to farm schemes by the Department of Agriculture.

Axing the air service to the Aran Islands will threaten jobs and businesses and force people to leave, locals warned yesterday.