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‘There’s a murder hole up there’: The 600 year old fortress in a Co Galway walled town
Lore suggests Athenry’s North Gate will collapse when the most handsome man in Ireland walks under it, so steer clear Michael Fassbender, Paul Mescal and Colin Farrell
‘Sting suits’ bought and warnings issued as jellyfish ‘bloom’ in coastal waters
Swimmers in Seapoint, Dublin, are ‘well used’ to stings but some now use ‘sting suits’
Irish scientists celebrated ‘like Nasa’ after capturing perfect eclipse 550km off coast
Findings will be used to help solve a mystery about the outer layer of the sun
The solar eclipse in pictures: How the spectacle was seen across Ireland
The solar eclipse peaked in Ireland between 7pm and 7.45pm on Wednesday
Ireland’s tech workers are learning the hard way about the risks of our economic model
Jobs losses are accelerating with more AI-related cuts on the horizon. But there are things we can do
Broadcaster Sarah Mulkerrins: ‘When I left Ireland, I didn’t think I’d ever get to work on GAA, so it’s a bonus’
From Athenry to the BBC, sports broadcaster Mulkerrins talks ambition, freelance life and capturing the emotion of sport’s biggest moments
Contrite Irish Rail red-faced over Gaeilge signage error at Galway station
Signs erected at station in Republic’s first official bilingual city to be corrected ‘as soon as possible’, says Irish Rail
‘We’re probably closer than ever before’: Irish gymnasts target qualification for Worlds
Women’s team performing a balancing act between college and training before Europeans
HLB acquires Galway accounting firm and plans to add 150 staff over next three years
Firm buys OMB Chartered Accountants in Galway
Make it special: the best restaurants around Ireland to book for your next occasion
From Cork to Belfast and Dublin to Carrick-on-Shannon, these fun places will help you to celebrate
Crowds line the streets of Cork to welcome All-Ireland camogie champions home
Team bus arrived in the city to the sound of Tina Turner’s hit Simply the Best
Galway company that owes Revenue €106m has just €17,500 in cash
Details emerge in documents filed with companies office by the liquidator of the business
‘We just did our best’: Men used trampoline to rescue two girls from Galway house fire
Seyyid Ahmed Nahi (33) and Ibrahim Souna (34) were among the first to spot the blaze, and worked with a Polish man to try to get into the building
‘The world’s most remote knitwear brand’: Inis Meáin marks 50 years in business on the Aran Islands
More than merely keeping the tradition of the Aran sweater alive, the company is recognised internationally for the design and quality of its high-end knitwear
Private maternity care no longer offered at two hospitals
Sligo University Hospital and Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise cease private maternity care
Hewlett Packard Enterprise cuts Galway workforce despite pledge to create 150 jobs
The company opened a new research and development facility in the west of Ireland in recent years
A ‘bananas’ order for 5,000 obscure titles from a bookshop in Galway fuels suspicion
Independent retailers are receiving vast orders for obscure titles, fuelling suspicions that AI companies are quietly building the next generation of chatbots
Girls who survived Galway house fire by jumping from third-storey window undergo surgery
Their three younger siblings were rescued by two neighbours, who entered the burning building before the arrival of fire crews
Dublin woman scoops €10,000 Best Dressed prize at Dublin Horse Show
Pamela Ryan takes top spot at event in RDS after winning the Irish Derby Ladies’ Day prize in May
Culture Night returns with bell-ringing, shield-painting and an invitation to ‘play the paper bag’
Art and music workshops and demos are just some of the hundreds of events lined up for September 18th
Invisible greenways with no signposts
Connecting these world-class routes to the city shouldn’t require a map and a stroke of luck
The musician who is refusing to let a landmark derelict building ‘die’ on Inis Meáin
Award-winning harper Úna Ní Fhlannagáin did not know she would buy an abandoned hotel when she moved to the island in 2020
Cross-Border commitment crucial in nursing Ireland’s ailing lakes back to health
In the Republic, there has been unrelenting deterioration of lakes, rivers and estuaries
‘Thousands of special viewing glasses’ sold for most prominent solar eclipse in 27 years
Almost all the sun is expected to blocked out in Ireland next Wednesday evening
Man (20s) arrested over shots fired at house in Co Galway
Gardaí responded to reports of gunshots at 3.15am on Monday; another man hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries
Immerse yourself in tranquility at these waterside homes, from Donegal to Carlow
A four-bed with direct beach access in Wicklow, a cottage overlooking the Barrow and more
Gardaí investigate firearm discharge in Ballinasloe
Man (20s) taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries
Galway provide show-stopping finale against Kerry in All-Ireland women’s football decider
A disallowed equalising point was Kerry’s chief grievance after the game
Galway ‘spiritual healer’ receives suspended prison term for sexually assaulting teenager on flight
Patrick Noone, a father of four from Galway, was travelling to Boston when he groped the 16-year-old girl, the court heard
Galway Races Ladies’ Day: ‘Colour and style just adds to everything that’s happening on the track’
The judges set to work not long after the gates opened with hundreds having registered for the Best Dressed competition
Dove Ellis: Who is the mysterious Irish artist on the Mercury shortlist?
Awards or not, Dove Ellis is a dark horse surely destined for bigger and better things
‘Extremely demoralising’: Veggie farmers say bumper harvest going to waste in hot weather
Fruit growers say hot, dry weather has hurt crops and made it more difficult to pick produce
Fields for sale in Dublin, Kildare, Galway and Clare from €120,000 and what you can do with them
From tourism opportunity on Galway’s wild Atlantic coast to a home for a horse in the Dublin Mountains
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