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Two men accused of the rape and false imprisonment of a woman at Ceannt Station on August 1 last came before Galway District Court again in person on Monday (November 9) to be served with books of evidence and have their cases sent forward for hearing at the Central Criminal Court.

Two men accused of the rape and false imprisonment of a woman at Ceannt Station on August 1 last came before Galway District Court again in person on Monday (November 9) to be served with books of evidence and have their cases sent forward for hearing at the Central Criminal Court.

The fifth phase of an eight-part project to build an 18km road around Galway city finished this week.

So desperate phone calls were placed, and last Friday afternoon, a showdown of sorts occurred around the city manager’s conference table on the top floor of City Hall on College Road.

There is something both familiar and frustrating about the story of Galway’s development. We have a city and county blessed with extraordinary potential, a natural location, a thriving population, a strong commercial tradition and an international reputation. Yet, for much of the past century, our ability to turn that potential into meaningful progress has often fallen short of what Galway deserves.

“The only thing that’s keeping you in prison is your refusal to sign a bail bond,” Judge Adrian Harris told a defendant who appeared before him at Galway District Court on Monday via video-link from custody.

Gort Biogas Concern Group has announced plans to hold a public meeting on Monday, following the news that plans to develop a biogas plant just outside the town have been revived.

Vast areas of the public park are fenced off to facilitate controversial clearfelling the Galway City Council says is necessary after catastrophic damage wreaked by Storm Éowyn in January 2025.

Three judicial reviews challenging how planning permission was decided for the long-delayed Galway ring road were struck out by the High Court on Wednesday morning.

A young man accused of a serious assault on a member of his family was told that Gardaí could not accept the address he provided — of what was described as a “drop-in house” in Tuam — as part of his bail application.