An outrageous night for a game of football finished with a cracking Rory Brennan goal as Tyrone wiped out Dublin's unbeaten start under Dessie Farrell.

John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

Mickey Harte has admitted he faces a huge task in lifting morale among his squad ahead of this weekend’s clash with Dublin.

This was some way to celebrate a homecoming of sorts for Galway manager Pádraic Joyce as he took charge of the side for the first time at Tuam Stadium.

Latest: A Status Orange wind warning for nine counties has been downgraded.

The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has requested a further extension until June 26, the Department of Children has announced.

Mary Buckley, IDA Ireland, outlines key findings in the IDA’s 2015-19 strategy review.

The forecaster says that Storm Ciara "will produce very strong southwest winds with mean speeds of 65 to 80km/h and gusts generally up to 130km/h.

I’m going to tell you a little about what it is like being friends with a survivor of institutional abuse and the mother and baby institutions. Each day we wake up to something new that triggers her. Everyday something unexpected will set off the flashbacks and yet every day is a blessing.

Childcare providers have been left with just days to find insurance solutions before they are forced to close.

Galway’s club gate receipts have dramatically risen by over €270,000 in the last two years.

The Government cannot say when the process of exhuming the remains of hundreds of children buried in the former Tuam mother and baby home will begin.

Maia Dunphy talks to Ailin Quinlan about the changes we can all make.

Officers from the Criminal Assets Bureau have carried out a search in Galway aimed at targeting the assets and activities of a member of an organised crime gang involved in burglary and theft.

A Co Galway-based Syrian family which lost four close relatives, including three young children, in Turkish-led military attacks on north-east Syria this week, has expressed gratitude for the overwhelming community response.

WE ALL knew the electric automotive revolution would eventually gather some sort of momentum and move on quickly from the Neanderthal technological base it has been operating from for the last decade or so.

A “dramatic illumination” of Connemara mountains, snapshots of Homer’s Odyssey on Galway beaches and tightrope walking across the river Corrib are among highlights of the Galway 2020 European capital of culture unveiled on Wednesday evening.

DNA samples can be speedily taken from survivors of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home without the need for new legislation.

A man in his 30s has died in a crash between a car and a van in Co Galway in the early hours of this morning.

Historian Catherine Corless, who exposed the Tuam Babies scandal, tells Donal O’Keeffe why she feels Tuam and Bessborough need to be excavated, and highlights Pope Francis’ apparent confusion about Tuam.

Catherine Corless, the historian who exposed the Tuam Babies scandal, has called on the Government to release the names of more than 900 children who died in Cork’s Bessborough Mother and Baby home.

A new exhibition in UCC has artists responding to the Tuam Babies scandal and the situation at Bessborough, writes Donal O’Keeffe

Kerry are confident Stephen O’Brien will be cleared to play in the All-Ireland final against Dublin on September 1.

You imagine as the Kerry party left Croke Park yesterday evening they were preparing a case for the defence of Stephen O’Brien.

A visitor to Cork's Fota Wildlife Park got more than she expected when she made the trip to the popular attraction.

Almost one in five primary school children were in classes of 30 or more last year, with six schools recorded as having classrooms with 40 or more pupils.

From Galway to Listowel, these are weeks filled by racing festivals.