Galway, C, Ireland

Does Irish Hit ‘Kneecap’ Have the Legs to Make It to the Oscars?

It may still be early days in the awards race, but when it comes to the actual number of gongs won so far, a low-budget Irish-language comedy biopic about a rowdy Belfast rap trio can count itself among the leading pack of films. “Kneecap,” a wild and semi-au…

2024-12-13 15:30

‘Everyone is running around like headless chickens’: Holyhead Port closure hits imports to Ireland

‘We have never seen anything like what is going on this week,’ says head of Irish trucking business

2024-12-13 14:35

Mum of five who died after alleged assault in Galway is remembered as a ‘good soul’

A Galway woman who died followed an alleged assault has been remembered as a “good soul”.

2024-12-13 12:46

Woman (50s) killed in Galway assault remembered as a ‘good soul’

A Galway woman who died followed an alleged assault has been remembered as a “good soul”.

2024-12-13 12:46

Sebastian Barry is named a Chevalier in France’s Ordre des Arts et Lettres

Books newsletter: Kavanagh fellowships; poets on RTÉ; cultural boycott of Israel; BBC story award judges; a preview of Saturday’s pages

2024-12-13 10:45

The top 25 women’s sporting moments of the year: 25-16 revealed with Vikki Wall, Lara Gillespie and Ireland Sevens featuring

The start of our countdown of the 25 moments that defined women’s sport this year

2024-12-13 06:00

Sarsfields captain Niamh McGrath on returning to the pitch after childbirth: ‘I’m not an inspiration to anyone’

McGrath is closing in on another AIB All-Ireland club camogie title with Sarsfields just 10 months after giving birth

2024-12-13 06:00

Q Park paid €35.7m for group that operates clamping service and street parking enforcement

The owners of the firm that provides a clamping service to Dublin City Council received an initial €35.68m from their sale of the business and the other car-parking entities in the Tazbell Group last year.

2024-12-13 02:30

Letters: We need a government to be formed urgently to deal with serious food poverty

It is terrible in Irish society that in the dying days of this year, 3,000 tickets for Christmas food parcels were issued by the Capuchin Day Centre and many who had queued did not receive what they had expected.

2024-12-13 02:30

Syrians in Ireland 'overwhelmed with joy' at fall of Assad regime but some 'worry deeply' about future

“My uncle and his two sons were murdered because anti-government slogans were written on their house walls,” one man told us.

2024-12-12 22:00