Council admits flaw in authorisation of flood relief work close to Kylemore Abbey in Galway
Proceedings related to works in and around Kylemore Bridge in Connemara
Connemara
Connemara pony show events postponed due to prospect of heavy rain
Forecast of wet weather on Thursday and Friday leads to rescheduling of parts of popular Clifden event
Gourmet getaways: The best places to eat and drink in Connemara
Open sandwiches, lobster rolls, light sparkling on the water, and honesty boxes: why Connemara might be the best place in the world
The business of Irish colleges
Who runs them, how many do they teach, how much State money do they get?
Selling Sunset, Galway style: ultra-modern Connemara home on the ocean’s edge for €2m
Considerable 321sq m house has an abundance of glass to make the most of impressive sea views
‘He found his god in his family and in the sea’: Sailor who drowned off Connemara remembered at memorial
Conor McLoughlin of Foynes Yacht Club went missing last week while sailing with his wife near Macdara’s Island off Galway coast
Body recovered in search for sailor missing off Connemara coast
Coastguard, RNLI lifeboats and Gardaí had been searching for yachtsman Conor McLoughlin since he was reported missing on Thursday evening
‘You mean to say we spent £80 and we don’t even get to see her tits?’: Roger Corman’s Irish studio was from another age
Hugh Linehan: Director set up in Galway in the mid-1990s, when he was in his 70s, and churned out his trademark low-budget exploitation movies there
Connemara hunting lodge on private island adored by earls and kings for €2.9m
Connemara estate includes Victorian house on private island, two further houses and exclusive shooting rights on 9,600 acres
Restoring bogs is more complex than just removing trees
State-owned forestry body views stalled Connemara project as a pilot site for an ambitious plan to restore 30,000 hectares of bog along the west by 2050
How three friends transformed an old pub in Connemara into a luxury retreat
A sustainable luxury holiday development in Roundstone showcases local craft and materials, rooting guests in the colours and textures of Connemara
What will €145,000 buy in France, Peru, Italy, Canada and Connemara?
One price, home and away: A chalet on Lac Bouchette, a dry-stone house in Cisternino and more
Olwen Fouéré: ‘I didn’t feel Irish. There’s a great advantage to being an outsider’
The distinctive actor and performer, currently on television in The Tourist, resists convention in both her work and personal life
Tánaiste contacts two councillors over ‘completely unacceptable’ Galway hotel fire comments
Micheál Martin rejects suggestion attack was prompted by Government policy on immigration
The green energy conundrum: Can developers and communities see eye to eye as Ireland tries to cut carbon?
Community suspicion creates obstacle to wind turbine construction: ‘It is putting profit and market before community and the environment’
Local history: Accounts from the capitol’s Granite Coast to Voices of Connemara, among others
Regional stories that add to the rich tapestry of life on the island — the Dublin North Bay Area, Guarding the Wild Atlantic and more
‘They’re thriving’: Meet the Gaelscoil saved by Ukrainian pupils
When Scoil Cholmáin’s pupil numbers fell to just nine, it put the island school’s future at risk. The arrival of young refugees changed all that
‘I would sooner do time in Mountjoy’: A turf-cutter on his right to take fuel from the bog
Matt Corbett’s winter haul is already stacked in the big shed adjoining the house, which was built in 1972. Turf has been the family’s main source of fuel since then
‘The location, the sea, the Aran islands, the Cliffs of Moher, it’s a spectacular setting’
A German businessman has embraced the landscape and local materials in the construction of a new development in Furbo, Co Galway
Magical Mason: a deserted Connemara island to get away from it all
This small Co Galway island was once home to 127 people but now hosts daytrippers and wild campers looking for tranquillity and majestic summer sunsets
Connemara Pony Show at 100: ‘This is like the Olympics of the Connemaras’
Equestrian enthusiasts from around the world converged on Clifden for the centenary showcase of the versatile and hardy horse breed
Sea Rooms grows into its own in Kelly’s seafront gardens
A custom made wood-fired grill and smoker marks the entry to the new restaurant and is connected to the kitchen
The Cladóir sheep, presumed extinct, has rejoined the close-knit Connemara fashion flock
The native Galway sheep has a fleece as soft as snow and could become an international knitwear star
Coffee machines, dishwasher tablets, clean white sheets: the ingredients for a perfect holiday rental
With car hire costs proving unaffordable for tourists, Irish holidaymakers still have time to book an idyllic self-catering getaway
Trouble brewing with nearshore turbines as Irish offshore wind energy reaches launch phase
Locals and campaigners warn of fast-tracking development and point to alternatives they say can yield the same benefits at a lower environmental cost
Redeveloped Connemara port ‘has capacity to become offshore wind hub’
Government allocated €25m last year to develop deep-water quay facility at Ros an Mhíl
Take5: What will €395,000 buy in Canada, France, Spain, Switzerland and Connemara?
One price, home and away: The former hideaway for Henry Fonda and the Truman family in Quebec; a village home in Allier; apartments in Alicante and Valais; or a lakeside house in Inverin
Bringing the power of patients to research
Research Lives: Robert Joyce, embedded patient researcher, NUIG Department of Occupational Therapy
Seven offshore wind farms could begin operating from 2027 under fast-track plan
Planned facilities in Irish Sea and one off west coast would cut fossil fuel dependency
Move to fast track offshore wind projects to reduce electricity prices, says Ryan
New rules to bring Ireland closer to energy independence and provide certainty for developers
TG4’s Alan Esslemont: ‘We should have equal status with RTÉ if Irish is to flourish’
Interview: Despite successes, 25-year-old TG4 is still stuck in ‘wrong paradigm’, says DG
Man (40s) dies while taking part in race event in Galway
Carl Dempsey became ill during cycle section of Gaelforce race on Maamturk mountain
A beach shack for €735k? Ireland’s holiday home market heats up
With foreign travel almost impossible, Irish holiday homes have become hugely valuable
Ian O’Riordan: Following JM Synge’s footsteps over his beloved native terrain
Foothills of Dublin and Wicklow mountains evoke spirit of famed Irish playwright/poet
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