A Sunday family walk turned to tragedy when two young sisters were knocked down and killed in Co Galway today.

A teenager has been held overnight by gardaí investigating a serious assault in Tuam, County Galway early yesterday.

A 22-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was attacked in the early hours of yesterday.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses, after a man was assaulted in Tuam Co. Galway overnight.

A 22-year-old man is in a serious condition in hospital, following an assault in Tuam in Co. Galway overnight.

An appeal for information has been launched in relation to a violent attack on two elderly brothers at their Co Galway home.

Gardaí investigating a fatal road traffic collision at Claretuam, Galway yesterday are looking for witnesses of the incident, which involved three cars and a van.

A Galway man has been jailed for five years at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for possessing explosives and a gun.

Four people are now being questioned by gardaí investigating the death of John Kenny in Co. Galway last week.

A Co Galway man arrested during garda investigations into dissident terrorist activity was freed on bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

An investigation is underway by the Garda Ombudsman Commission into the death of a man in Tuam Garda Station in the early hours of this morning.

Tributes were tonight paid to a hard working young man murdered in a knife attack during an early morning brawl outside a pub.

A man was stabbed to death during an early-morning brawl outside a pub today, gardaí said.

A garda received 100 stitches after he was attacked by pitbull terriers, it was confirmed today.

A 30 year-old Galway man accused of murdering his cousin was “a very vulnerable person” with a mild to moderate mental handicap, a defence witness told a jury at the Central Criminal Court today.

A traveller accused of murder told gardaí he was forced to drive the getaway car for two gunmen against his will, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.