GARDAÍ were last night waiting the results of a postmortem examination in an effort to establish how a man died.

A FRESH effort will be made this morning to refloat a gigantic cargo ship which ran aground in a storm off the Connemara coast yesterday morning.

FRANTIC efforts to save a fisherman who got into trouble off the Co Galway coast were unsuccessful.

ONE of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical firms is to close a medical plant in Sligo which it took control of just three and a half months ago.

Three people remain in a serious condition in hospital following Thursday's plane crash in Galway.

AFTER months of speculation, Ciaran McDonald has finally returned to the Mayo panel, but the enigmatic forward won’t be rushed back into wearing the county jersey in the foreseeable future.

The closure of a computer frame manufacturer with the loss of 89 jobs will be a major blow to the South Connemara region, it was claimed today.

A fishing boat that had been in danger of sinking off the Co Galway coast is now making its way to a nearby harbour.

A study conducted for Nuacht TG4 has reportedly found that up to 70% of people in Gaeltacht areas no longer speak Irish on a daily basis.