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⚖️🚔⚖️🚔A Galway man who sexually abused his partner's niece when she was at her “most innocent and vulnerable” has been jailed for 12-and-a-half years.... connachttribune.ie/news/crim…

Lengthy prison sentence for Galway man who abused partner's 'vulnerable' niece

Martin Ward was found guilty of three counts of rape, nine counts of oral rape and 15 counts of sexual assault following a Central Criminal Court in April

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Galway woman revives Algarve donkey traditions through craft beer venture connachttribune.ie/news/galw…

Galway woman revives Algarve donkey traditions through craft beer venture

A Galway woman living in southern Portugal is helping revive the traditions of one of the Algarve’s most historic villages – through craft beer.

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World of Politics: Lessons to be taken from the Bye-Election connachttribune.ie/news/poli…

World of Politics: Lessons to be taken from the Bye-Election

About six weeks before the campaign officially began for the Bye-Election, I came down to Galway to meet some of the candidates, and Seán Kyne was one of them. I met him in a hotel near the Spanish...

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Honda announces return of flagship Prelude model connachttribune.ie/news/moto…

Honda announces return of flagship Prelude model

Honda Ireland has just announced that they are welcoming the return after 25 years, of the all-new Prelude e:HEV. It will be their flagship car and will showcase the innovative Honda S+ Shift...

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Perennial favourite set the standard for Arts Festival with pop-up gig connachttribune.ie/news/pere…

Perennial favourite set the standard for Arts Festival with pop-up gig

They’ve probably played every music venue in Galway and then some – but last week was still a first for perennial favourites Bell X1…their first time busking on the city’s streets, writes Éimear...

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Crowds all set to flock to next month’s Corrandulla Show connachttribune.ie/news/farm…

Crowds all set to flock to next month’s Corrandulla Show

More than 10,000 people will flock to Corrandulla for its annual Agricultural Show at the end of next month – with another packed programme for what is one of the biggest outdoor events in the west...

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Europe’s fertiliser plan won’t solve long-term crisis connachttribune.ie/news/farm…

Europe’s fertiliser plan won’t solve long-term crisis

The EU’s emergency financial support for Irish farmers facing soaring fertiliser costs is welcome – but the Commission lacks the ambition needed to solve the long-term crisis.

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Inside Track: Galway footballers may be timing run perfectly connachttribune.ie/news/opin…

Inside Track: Galway footballers may be timing run perfectly

THE Galway football camp wouldn't have thought it at the time, but was losing the Connacht Final to Roscommon at Hyde Park the best thing that could have happened to them in the context of trying to...

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A Different View: Well done to all who did their bit for democracy connachttribune.ie/news/opin…

A Different View: Well done to all who did their bit for democracy

The dust has settled on the Galway West Bye-Election and while Fine Gael took the spoils, others will drill down for consolation in their performances or reflect on their progression up through the...

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A Different View: Well done to all who did their bit for democracy connachttribune.ie/news/opin…

A Different View: Well done to all who did their bit for democracy

The dust has settled on the Galway West Bye-Election and while Fine Gael took the spoils, others will drill down for consolation in their performances or reflect on their progression up through the...

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Inside Track: Galway footballers may be timing run perfectly connachttribune.ie/news/opin…

Inside Track: Galway footballers may be timing run perfectly

THE Galway football camp wouldn't have thought it at the time, but was losing the Connacht Final to Roscommon at Hyde Park the best thing that could have happened to them in the context of trying to...

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Galway woman revives Algarve donkey traditions through craft beer venture connachttribune.ie/news/galw…

Galway woman revives Algarve donkey traditions through craft beer venture

A Galway woman living in southern Portugal is helping revive the traditions of one of the Algarve’s most historic villages – through craft beer.

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Galway Travellers celebrate their unique culture, identity and heritage this week connachttribune.ie/news/galw…

Galway Travellers celebrate their unique culture, identity and heritage this week

Galway Travellers and Galway Traveller Movement will be celebrating Traveller identity, culture and heritage as part of Traveller Pride by hosting two events in Galway this week.

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Survey reveals average two-bed apartment in Galway City now costs €2,290 a month connachttribune.ie/news/surv…

Survey reveals average two-bed apartment in Galway City now costs €2,290 a month

Galway City’s spiralling accommodation costs were underlined this week with confirmation that rents in the first quarter of 2026 were on average 18.4 per cent higher than just one year ago.

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Galway City Museum to be transformed for modern era in €19m project connachttribune.ie/news/galw…

Galway City Museum to be transformed for modern era in €19m project

Galway City Museum is set to undergo a ‘transformative redevelopment’ after this week’s announcement of a €12.6 million capital investment from the state.

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EXCLUSIVE: Seán Kyne reacts to his victory in Galway West Bye-Election connachttribune.ie/news/poli…

EXCLUSIVE: Seán Kyne reacts to his victory in Galway West Bye-Election

Newly-elected Fine Gael TD promises to deliver for the people of Galway West

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Survey reveals average two-bed apartment in Galway City now costs €2,290 a month connachttribune.ie/news/surv…

Survey reveals average two-bed apartment in Galway City now costs €2,290 a month

Galway City’s spiralling accommodation costs were underlined this week with confirmation that rents in the first quarter of 2026 were on average 18.4 per cent higher than just one year ago.

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Minister’s whistlestop Galway tour gets strong sense of community spirit connachttribune.ie/news/mini…

Minister’s whistlestop Galway tour gets strong sense of community spirit

The Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht undertook a whistlestop tour of the west of the county recently – experiencing the best of community endeavour on his travels.

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Galway retains all of its Blue Flags and Green Coast Awards for 2026 connachttribune.ie/news/galw…

Galway retains all of its Blue Flags and Green Coast Awards for 2026

The best of Galway’s beaches were acknowledged again recently as An Taisce revealed the International Blue Flag and National Green Coast Award recipients for 2026.

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LIVE BLOG: Galway West Bye-Election 2026 latest updates, tallies and results connachttribune.ie/news/poli…

LIVE BLOG: Galway West Bye-Election 2026 latest updates, tallies and results

Seventeen candidates – seven non-party and 10 representing political parties – are on the ballot paper in the Galway West Bye-Election to fill the seat vacated by Catherine Connolly’s election as...

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