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A man with 160 previous convictions, who is currently serving a sentence for stealing a charity box containing €600 from an Athenry pub, was back before Galway District Court this week, where he received an additional sentence for stealing a charity box from Londis, Newcastle on September 20, 2024.

An outspoken priest who hails from County Galway has denounced a Vatican decision to ban women from the diaconate.

University Hospital Galway (UHG) has welcomed the National Maternity Experience Survey 2025 findings, which reports on the positive maternity care experienced by women earlier this year. The hospital acknowledges the value of this feedback and is using the results to drive ongoing quality improvements in maternity care.

As we approach 2026 – and with the prospect of Ireland holding the Presidency of the European Union ahead – I want to take a moment to share my work from the past year, and to underline why your voice and involvement matter now more than ever.

Independent Galway West councillor Noel Thomas has today called on the Government to launch a full national review into adopting legislation similar to Australia’s newly announced ban on social media access for children under 16.

A man who is accused of putting a nail-bar down his trousers in Woodies on the Headford Road and making no attempt to pay for it is also accused of stealing a pliers from Halford’s on the same day. He is also in custody on charges of using a lump hammer to break the lock of an e-scooter, and was again remanded in custody until the December 22 sitting of Galway District Court.

A new private clinic in Galway is providing urgent mental health consultations for people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, and who have not engaged in any self-harm.

It has been a decade since its last performance in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, but Handel’s Messiah is returning with a unique, local twist on Sunday, December 14, at 7.30pm.

Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton TD, has today encouraged parents and guardians in Galway with children in primary school, and those with younger children, to take part in the online survey of primary school communities.

As the homelessness crisis in Galway and across the West continues to intensify, 51 business leaders are this week preparing to spend a night on Shop Street to raise essential funds for COPE Galway’s Homeless Services.