Gardaí in Clifden, Co Galway, have issued an appeal for witnesses after a small rural church was extensively damaged by vandals.

No one knows a city like a local. So who better to give the lowdown on Galway than Síle Seoige. She describes her perfect day in the county to Ciara McDonnell.

A teenager drowned when the speeding, overcrowded car in which he had been a front-seat passenger lost control and ended up in a waterlogged drain.

AS YOU enter the castle/hotel gates of Ballynahinch, and travel along its splendid lengthy drive, there is a sense that you will very shortly be overcome by grandiosity and an overbearing sense of self-importance. 

Tony Clayton-Lea compiles a list of some of the hot deals of offer in the Med, Greece,UK, Ireland, Italy or Spain for those looking for a bargain break.

The death of yet another white-tailed sea eagle by illegal poisoning was yesterday described as a “major blow” to the project to reintroduce the protected species to Ireland.

Cork and Down have topped the Michelin choices for best pub grub in Ireland.

Counties Cork and Down have both secured six listings in the 2015 Michelin ‘Eating Out In Pubs’ guide.

Raw sewage is being discharged into rivers and bathing areas at more than 40 locations around the country.

I refer to Fergus Finlay’s recent column in your newspaper (Opinion, Feb 4).

KEITH RICHARDS was somewhere around Oughterard, on the edge of Lough Corrib, when the craving began to take hold.

THE visit to the Dublin coast of an exotic creature from the Arctic ended in tragedy recently.

Mileage rates for ministers will be cut by 10% to take into account any travel for personal reasons.

An official political watchdog has criticised the lack of transparency concerning the rules on how Government ministers can claim expenses when using their private vehicles.

TWO things are hard to find in Connemara. The first is a reliable weather forecast.

SEVEN new farmers’ markets have been awarded the Good Practice Standard 2011-2013 by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

FORMER Miss Ireland and social columnist Amanda Brunker will no doubt be hitting a few high notes when she joins seven other celebrities taking the reins of GAA teams for the hit RTÉ series Celebrity Bainisteoir.

THEY are known as the One-o-clock Nudes – bare-arsed aficionados of nude bathing who descend on Irish beaches during the summer to let it all hang out.

GALWAY breeders and owners enjoyed success at the Connemara Pony Show in Clifden.

PROBABLY the best sited of a dozen or so houses, the semi-detached number 10, Michael Killeen Park, in Roundstone, Co Galway, is up for sale.

’TIS only small, but the location is perfectly formed.

PUBLICANS say it has been a difficult year. But is it really that grim for publicans?

Donal Hickey on the resurgence of interest in currachs

THE view is the star at this roadside, Roundstone, Co Galway property.

Residents of the Co Galway village of Roundstone say an outbreak of cryptosporidium will affect this summer's tourist season.

WILL the reinvigorated ‘Connemara 4’ phenomenon drive the €400,000 guide price of this Galway cottage through its quaint thatched roof?

SOME might call it bare-faced cheek, but two of Ireland’s most spectacular beaches feature in a US guide to the Top 100 Places to Get Naked.

JUNIOR Minister Frank Fahey has defended his handling of a botched €6 million scheme to build four marinas.

FORMER Marine Minister Frank Fahey faced a storm of criticism yesterday following a damning report by the Dáil’s financial watchdog on an abandoned €6 million scheme to build four marinas.

FOUR marina projects promised almost €6 million in grants in the 2000 Budget received ministerial approval against civil servants’ advice and despite glaring deficiencies in the promoters’ plans.

THE former Marine Minister Frank Fahey yesterday launched a blistering attack on Department of Communication and Marine officials for their handling of four controversial marina projects.

An elderly woman has died in a house fire in Roundstone in Co Galway.