Spectators were fascinated at the Galway International Arts Festival when giant fire-breathing insects took over the streets.

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.

Galway remains the most idiosyncratic of Irish cities. Tony Clayton-Lea pays a visit to Connaught’s capital.

A ten-day mountain and sea search ended in south-west Donegal today when a body was recovered by searchers.

Hundreds of people gathered across the country today to pay tribute to the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.

Around a million people and more than 40 world leaders - including the Taoiseach Enda Kenny - are expected to take part in a rally in Paris, after 3 days of terror, that left 17 people dead.

A coroner has issued a public warning about undiscovered side-effects of ecstasy following the deaths by drowning of two men.

A defiant mother of three who was arrested for the first time yesterday for blocking meter installation has vowed to continue protesting.

WITH the Spanish Arch just minutes away, it makes sense to continue the Iberian trail, and so in the middle of the Galway International Arts Festival, we rocked up to Cava Bodega. 

From food to festivals, culture to shopping, Galway has it all and that’s before you even step outside the city.

The Menu would dearly love to be unwrapping his Easter eggs in Glorious Gaillimh next weekend with the 3rd Galway Food Festival (April 17-21) in full flight over Easter.

Take one chart-topping single, a little spring sunshine and a whole lot of Galway folk dancing and what you end up with is one pretty great video.

An Orange weather warning remains in place for the entire country this evening.

Homes and business owners are beginning to count the cost as the latest 120km/h winds batter the west and south coasts.

Met Éireann has upgraded a weather warning in effect nationwide from code yellow - the lowest level - to code orange.

Six cars were washed out to sea at Cleggan in west Co Galway in one of the worst storms to hit the west in years.

Flooding and high winds are continuing to cause problems for many homeowners and business people across the country today.

A woman in Kerry last night was rescued from her car when it became submerged in water.

Up to 2,000 people have attended a protest march in Galway city - voicing their opposition to the government's plans to build a 15,000 tonne fish farm off the Aran Islands.

More than two-thirds of Irish diners want to support local food businesses when eating out, according to a Bord Bia survey.

A vigil will be held today at the NUI Galway campus to mark the one-month anniversary of Savita Halappanavar’s death.

Tens of thousands of peopleare expected at Wicklow's annual Air Spectacular today.

A search of the river Corrib in Galway city is expected to resume later this morning.

COASTAL communities were today waking up to see if the overnight flooding predicted by forecasters would bring the destruction feared.

Coastal communities were tonight braced for potential flooding as forecasters warned of gales, high tides and heavy rain.

COASTAL areas have been put on flood alert with high tides, gales and heavy rain forecast this weekend.

Authorities warned tonight of flooding risks in coastal areas with high tides, gales and heavy rain forecast this weekend.

The medieval streets of Galway city are being officially rebranded in a tourist drive which industry experts are looking to adopt in towns and cities around the country, it emerged today.

CONVOYS of jeeps roared away from the football pitch where two helicopters with thermal censor cameras were ready to take off.

The body of a man has been recovered from the sea at Nimmos Pier in Galway this morning.