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Connacht come off second best against depleted hosts
Dec 24, 2024 · Leinster 20. Connacht 12. By JOHN FALLON at Aviva Stadium. CONNACHT head coach Pete Wilkins has urged his men to use the utter frustration of their loss at Aviva Stadium to maximum impact when they host Ulster at Dexcom Stadium on Saturday night.
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Minister branded ‘a disgrace’ for reversing land rezoning in Galway City. From the Galway City Tribune – Minister of State for Local Government and Planning, Kieran O’Donnell was labelled a “disgrace” for overturning councillors’ decisions to rezone...
Galway’s role in cracking mobile thieves - Connacht Tribune
Dec 24, 2024 · HIGH QUALITY CCTV footage recorded at one of their Galway raids is understood to have led to a crucial breakthrough in the investigation that saw Gardaí nab three members of a burglary gang suspected of carrying out up to 15 robberies on commercial premises across the West of Ireland and beyond over recent months. The culmination […]
Community effort ensures grave crisis is averted
6 days ago · A HUGE team effort involving the islands co-op, Galway County Council, FÁS and the local community has been credited with clearing the way for a much needed extension to the Leitír Mór ‘new graveyard’. Conamara Area councillors at their meeting in County Hall on Friday said that the ‘wonderful progress’ being made in clearing off […]
For all the news you never knew you needed to know
Dec 19, 2024 · A Different View with Dave O’Connell. For as long as I can remember, I’ve read and loved newspapers; even back in boarding school, I used to breach the security cordon to go to the shop and buy a paper – and I can admit that now because the statute of limitations as to my crime is long past.
Night of nostalgia as Ardrahan honours stalwarts of 1974 and ‘75 ...
Dec 22, 2024 · Ardrahan Hurling Club honoured the senior hurling championship sides of 1974 and 1975 along with the minor hurling championship winning side of 1975 in a gala ceremony on November 9. The newly restored Loughnane & Quinn memorial Hall, festooned in blue and white created a prestigious setting for the select guests on an evening of […]
Connacht’s superb run in Challenge Cup continues
3 days ago · Cardiff 19 Connacht 28 By JOHN FALLON IN CARDIFF IT’S amazing how quickly fortunes can swing in sport. A demoralising home defeat to Ulster at the Connacht’s superb run in Challenge Cup continues end of December, their third loss in a row without a point, left Connacht’s URC hopes in tatters and with very little […]
Galway aiming to turn the tables on visiting Armagh
3 days ago · By DARREN KELLY IT’S a case of out with the old and in with the new ON Saturday as Galway’s senior footballers kick off their National League Division 1 campaign at home to Armagh (Pearse Stadium, 5.15pm). The game has multiple new rules that should encourage more attacking football. And the county’s premier ground in […]
Time passes as battle between optimism and despair rages on
Dec 19, 2024 · Country Living with Francis Farragher. There’s a line from an old Frank Sinatra song, ‘Love’s Been Good To Me’ of ‘It only seems like yesterday as down the road I go’ and the other day I kind had to pinch myself when thinking that its now 16-years since we endured the financial crash that sent us all into such a spiral of economic depression.