Four men are due to appear in court in Galway this morning, charged in connection with a major drug seizure at the weekend.

Four men have been arrested after gardaí seized cannabis worth more than €700,000 in Co Galway yesterday.

Limerick FC capped a great day off the field with a super display on it with victory over Mervue United at Fahy’s Field last night.

The Galway West tally is 58% yes in favour of the Fiscal Treaty referendum, and 42% no.

Two people have been arrested after a stabbing incident in Galway city.

COLD-CASE gardaí have offered a substantial reward to anyone with information about a “most wanted” criminal they believe faked his own death after the murder of a young arts student six years ago.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a 74-year-old Galway man's appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing two young sisters on a regular basis during the 1960s and 1970s.

Eircom has today announced the locations for Phase 1 of its fibre rollout plan which is set to offer customers broadband speeds of "40 Mbps and beyond".

SHELBOURNE maintained their unbeaten start to the league but Paudie Quinn’s late strike denied them victory at Tolka Park last night.

DONALD MCCAIN, a man with a famous pedigree, saddled Overturn to land the Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit yesterday, in front of an attendance of 44,418.

MICHELLE Mitchell’s chances of fulfilling her dream to study at third-level could be dashed unless a Government cutback is reversed.

EVIL Gerald Barry was handed a double life sentence with a chilling warning that if he was released he would rape and kill again.

GERALD BARRY, the 29-year-old Galway city man who is serving life for the murder of Swiss student Manuela Riedo, was given two concurrent life sentences yesterday for the double rape of a French student in August 2007 – committed just seven weeks before he murdered Ms Riedo in October 2007.

If previous convictions were taken into account and Barry denied bail, Manuela might still be alive, writes Jennifer Hough.

Gerald Barry, the 29-year-old Galway city man who is serving life for the murder of Swiss student Manuela Riedo, was given two concurrent life sentences today for the double rape of a French student in August 2007, committed just weeks before he murdered Ms Riedo.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgment in an Galway woman's appeal against the severity of the nine year prison sentence she received for stabbing her neighbour to death following a row over a puppy.

Technology firm Nortel Networks has filed for bankruptcy protection in Canada and the US, it was confirmed this afternoon.

There's bad news on the jobs front in Galway, Kilkenny and Limerick today.

TEST results on the country’s water supplies indicate that 99% are compliant with standards relating to the presence of lead.

A Galway woman, who was jailed this summer for stabbing her neighbour to death in a drunken row over a dog, has given birth to a baby girl.

BRINGING up a baby girl in a prison is far from ideal. Especially when mother and child will eventually be separated, perhaps for years.

SECURITY staff at the women’s prison where Galway woman Una Black this week began a nine-year sentence for manslaughter, were on high alert as she may give birth as early as this week.

A Galway woman who is currently eight months pregnant will be sentenced on Wednesday for the manslaughter of a neighbour whom she stabbed to death two years ago in a drunken row over a puppy.

A woman admitted killing a man in Galway city in December 2006 at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A Galway woman who absconded to Wales the day before she was due to go on trial for the murder of a man in the city is back in custody.

One of the largest US multinationals in Ireland is expected to announce job cuts at its Irish operations later today.

A 27-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an aggravated sexual assault in Galway during the week.

Gardaí were this afternoon investigating an alleged sexual assault on a GAA pitch in Galway.

Nortel today opened its new global customer and technology centre at its Mervue campus in Galway.

The man who died in Galway in the early hours of this morning has been named locally.

A man has died after being found seriously injured in Galway in the early hours of this morning.

A FINE, big bungalow and one that’s a few minutes commute to the city, is on offer in Ardagh Heights through Sinéad Twohig of Property Choice.

A customer partnering centre in Nortel’s R&D’s headquarters in Galway is planned for next year.

Crown Equipment Corporation has announced the closure of its plant in Mervue in the suburbs of the city of Galway.

The FBI is believed to have offered help tracking down the gunmen who murdered a 59-year-old Irishman in Saudi Arabia this week.

THE family of an Irish engineer shot dead in Saudi Arabia said last night that the tragedy would haunt them for the rest of their lives.

The body of an Irish man shot dead in Saudi Arabia will not be brought home for two weeks, it emerged tonight.

The Irish man shot dead in Saudi Arabia yesterday was the brother of well-known poet Rita Ann Higgins, it emerged today.

THE draw for the first round of the Irish Junior Cup pairs cup holders Lisnagarvey II and the 2002 winners Pembroke Wanderers in what should be the match of the round.