Galway minors on song after seven years

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

After seven years of heartbreaking narrow defeats, Galway secured this year's provincial minor crown, and they did it in style on a 3-14 to 1-3 scoreline.

Claregalway cruise

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

Claregalway secured victory over Dunmore in the opening round of the County Senior Ladies Championship on Friday night.

Something special at the Menlo Park Hotel

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

Hotels in Ireland can be largely divided into two main types. The first type were built in recent years, a result of the economic boom, and are largely run by professional management companies whose brief is to merely keep the business afloat and get ‘heads in beds’. The Menlo Park is the other sort of hotel. Part of the landscape and the fabric of life in the local area, providing employment and welcoming guests from Ireland and far flung parts of the world since it first opened in the late nineties.

Chop and change

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

Change comes in a variety of sizes, shapes, and flavours. There will always be those who bemoan the constant state of change. Those who, for all the new shops and restaurants we have, still feel we have lost something special by parting company with the old ones.

United seek to reverse Sligo's stolen win in crunch Showgrounds tie

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

With each passing week every SSE Airtricity League premier division clash seems to be increasing in importance - thus Saturday’s Showgrounds clash between Sligo Rovers and Galway United can certainly be classed as crucial.

Footballers drawn with Armagh away

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

The Galway footballers have been drawn away to Armagh next weekend, July 11/12, in round two of the All-Ireland football qualifiers.

The date and time of the game will be announced next Monday and it is not clear at this stage if the game will be played on either Saturday or Sunday.

Tribesmen can seal first rugby league home final on Saturday

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

It is the Tribesmen versus the Treaty men on Saturday and there is much at stake for both rugby league sides when they clash at the Claddagh on Saturday

Monivea boxer wins silver

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

Monivea Boxing Club's Marie Clarke claimed silver in the Haringey Boxing Cup London at the weekend.

Mullins and Meehan take gold in county half marathon

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

Ollie Mullins of Craughwell AC has taken top honours in this year's County Galway AAI Championship half marathon.

Strong performances from Galway girls at Gaynor Cup 

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

Galway women's soccer continues to make great strides with the u-16 team finishing ninth in this year's FAI Gaynor Cup.

A healthy sponsor for Connacht Rugby summer camps

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

Connacht Rugby's popular summer camps will be sponsored this year by local family business, Galway Free Range Eggs. 

Galway hurlers aim to deliver first Leinster title since 2012

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

The Galway hurlers face a severe test of their credentials this Sunday afternoon at Croke Park (4pm). In order to annex what would be the county's second Leinster title, they will need to produce a top-class display against current All-Ireland champions Kilkenny.

The Cats looked fantastic when they dismantled Wexford by 5-25 to 0-16 in their recent semi-final clash at Nowlan Park. Ger Aylward was their main scorer with 3-05 from play, and the usual names up front such as TJ Reid and Richie Hogan also chipped in with a combined 2-12. 

The Cats are favourites, but Galway must ask questions

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

Galway have had issues at full-back and centre-back over the past few years and it will be interesting to see if John Hansbury and Iarla Tannian are the men to solve those problem positions. 

Galway expected to be too strong for Offaly

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

Apart from long term injury victim Orla McGrath (cruciate ligament) Galway camogie team manager Tony Ward has a full squad from which to select for this weekend’s championship clash with Offaly at St Brendan’s Park,  Birr (2.30pm).

Ward is wary of the challenge Offaly will pose, but, he is hopeful of building on the win his charges had in their first round game over Cork.

United survive cup test, but now face Cork in tricky league assignment

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Fortunate to survive a tricky test from North End United in the FAI Cup, Galway United are back in Eamonn Deacy Park tomorrow evening when they host Cork City in the SSE Aitricity League premier division.

Galway to host richest hunt race in Ireland

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Prize money is set to hit a record high for this year's Galway Races, which start on July 27.

The fund of €1.8 million represents an increase of €160,000 over last year, boosting the prize money for the two main feature races, thetote.com Galway Plate and the Guinness Galway Hurdle.

Larkin flies around Galway course

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Damien Larkin from Craughwell AC grabbed his second win on the trot in the penultimate race of the Galway 6km series.

Galway's Kevin Thornton triumphs in Lough Cutra triathlon

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Galway Triathlon Club's Kevin Thornton was triumphant in the longest race at Lough Cutra Castle Triathlon, in Gort on Sunday.  

Competing in the event known as The Gauntlet, a tough half iron distance, with 200 competitors, Thornton led from the swim exit and smashed the course record with 4:15:08.

Hurlers must build on last week's performance in Tullamore 

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

The Galway hurlers will know better than anyone that they need to up the intensity and passion, and produce a better overall performance than last Sunday if they are to beat Dublin in O'Connor Park, Tullamore, on Saturday (4.45pm).

Forget Tullamore - Galway should be the home venue for our hurlers

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Home and away fixtures in a sporting context is an international concept,  based on fairness and equity. It should not be something even up for discussion. 

If a team plays away one weekend, and has to play the same team six days later, they should surely, based on any loose interpretation of natural justice, be granted  a home fixture.

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