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Labour has chosen its candidates for Galway East and Galway West, but there is a strong likelihood that they could be joined by new running mates over the coming weeks.

Galway’s Olympic track star was back in his home town of Athenry last Saturday evening after his successful campaign in Beijing a few weeks earlier.

Elaine Farrell has been elected the first woman president in the 66-year history of the Agricultural Science Association (ASA). She takes over from Athenry-based Teagasc man Gerry Scully whose term of office ended at the association's national conference in Galway in mid-September.

The Deans blues/rock trio from Galway are set to take the small stage (or area!) in Ryans by storm tonight Friday for a gig that will leave fans yearning for more.

Over 300 employees at the north Westmeath Iralco plant are to retain their jobs, it emerged this week, as the sale of the car parts manufacturer company was completed.

When Eoin Madden woke up last Christmas morning he realised he had been given the best present ever.

LAMA award-winning Galway company Winters Property Management has announced that Tom Murphy is to take over the role of managing director, leaving his current position of director of operations.

A total of 48 jobs are to be lost at the North Westmeath Iralco plant, as the final phase of a rationalisation plan is implemented for the company.

The Gort railway station is “one of the most significant stages” of the Western Rail Corridor, that’s according to the chairman of the Oireachtas Transport Committee, Frank Fahey, who welcomed the news that an objection lodged with An Bord Pleanála has now been withdrawn.

The decision to introduce a three-day week for Iralco workers was taken in order to prevent job losses, and is merely a temporary measure, according to a trade union spokesperson.