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Election candidate reveals personal tragedy that drove her to enter political life

When Helen Ogbu arrived in Galway as a refugee in 2005, running for election was not on top of her list of priorities...

Forensic approach to helping Tuam Mother and Baby Home families reach closure

One of the first people Daniel MacSweeney (pictured) met after his appointment as the Director of Authorised Interven...

Woman in her 30s dies following Galway crash

The passenger in a car which ended up overturned in water in Menlo in Galway ten days ago has died in hospital. Th...

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New pedestrians crossings to be in place by end of the year

New pedestrian and cycle crossings in the vicinity of the Browne Roundabout near University Hospital Galway should be in place by the end of this y...

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Parents left in the lurch after crèche announces its closure

Parents and children have been left devastated by the news that their neighbourhood crèche in Galway is to close – after more than 25 years in oper...

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Kissing gates make wheelchair- accessible seesaw inaccessible

A wheelchair-accessible seesaw in a Galway playground is inaccessible for many wheelchair users – because of so-called ‘kissing gates’ at all ten e...

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‘Peeping Tom’ garda will begin prison sentence next month

A former garda who harassed two former female colleagues by looking through the window of Clifden Garda Station as they got changed, will begin a t...

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Sinn Féin calls for tourist tax on Galway City hotels

Sinn Féin has called for a tourist tax to be levied on visitors who stay in hotels in Galway City. The party said Galway City Council could raise €...

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EU move could trigger new raft of bog protests

A decision to refer Ireland to the European Court of Justice over its failure to halt bog cutting could spark another wave of protests across rural...


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