More than 30 families were evacuated from their homes in Galway overnight after a viable World War II grenade was discovered in the garden of a house.

Two Galway men have pleaded guilty to membership of a criminal organisation, marking the first conviction under new anti-gang legislation.

The trial of two Galway men accused of directing a criminal organisation has collapsed due to the illness of a juror.

Conversations recorded using audio devices placed inside cars will be used to prove that two Galway men are guilty of directing a criminal organisation, a court has heard today.

A 25-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for eight years for assaulting another man who had to have part of his brain removed and a titanium plate fitted to replace 25% of his skull after the unprovoked attack.

AN infant girl will have to wait another two months before doctors decide she is ready for a life-saving liver transplant.

A FOUR-month-old baby girl needs a life-saving liver transplant, if she is to see her first birthday.

Some areas of Galway continue to be without water today, particularly on the West side of the city.

Disruption to water supplies in parts of Galway City are continuing today because of the big freeze.

FROM the home to the workplace to the altar the national financial crisis is affecting every facet of life and infertility is no exception.

“THE pressure to have a child starts soon after being married.

A number of events are taking place in Galway today to remember murdered Swiss student Manuela Riedo on the third anniversary of her death.

GARDAÍ raided 20 premises in Galway yesterday in the biggest ever operation into drugs and organised crime in the west of Ireland.

THE parents of a Swiss student murdered just days after she arrived in Galway hope to travel to the city for a charity night in her memory.

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.

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 Galway man who murdered Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo has been remanded in custody pending sentence for raping a French student at knife-point.

The Galway man who murdered Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo in October 2007 has now pleaded guilty to raping a French woman in 2007.

The inquest into the death of Swiss student Manuela Riedo is due to get underway in Galway today.

A CANDLE flame flickered in front of framed photographs of murdered Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo as her parents launched a new foundation for rape and sexual assault victims in Dublin yesterday.

The family of Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo have set up a foundation for victims of rape and sexual assault across Europe.

The jury at the trial of a Galway man accused of murdering Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo in October 2007 has been sent home for the night.

A GALWAY man accused of murdering Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that her death was “an accident”.

A Galway man accused of murdering Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that her death was “an accident”.

THE man accused of murdering Swiss student Manuela Riedo in October 2007 sold Ms Riedo’s mobile phone to his sister’s boyfriend nine days after the killing, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The Central Criminal Court has heard that the DNA of a Galway man accused of murdering Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo in October 2007 was found inside a condom that had been found at the scene of her death.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard that Swiss teenager Manuelo Riedo died from strangulation.

A popular Swiss student was strangled to death just two days after she arrived in Ireland to learn English, a court heard today.

A Galway man who stabbed a musician to death with a kitchen knife has received a seven year sentence for manslaughter at the Central Criminal court today.

A 52-year-old Galway man accused of murder has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a sudden change of plea on the second day of his trial at the Central Criminal court today.

WITH three ice rinks opening this Christmas and another in the pipeline, winter ice-skating has become big business.

PLANNERS have learned from the mistakes of the past when designing social housing, said Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal, Noel Ahern.

Gardaí in Galway have arrested a man in connection with a fatal stabbing in the city this morning.

Gardai are investigating the death of a man in Galway.