1. M6 leaving houses open to raids
(Local News/Local News)

Dublin gangs are using the new M6 motorway to travel to Galway and raid empty houses, according to a local superintendent. Supt. Enda Walsh of Loughrea Gardai told the Galway Independent that he no

2. Moving statues
(Local News/Local News)

Gardai in Tuam are on the look out for thieves who have been targeting religious statues over the last number of weeks. Two religious statues have been stolen in the past three weeks from grottos,

3. Swoop on illegal taxi drivers
(Local News/Local News)

... major clampdown on illegal taxis in the city took place last weekend when members of the Taxi Regulator, Gardaí, Customs and Welfare and Revenue were involved in joint operation. The Galway Indepe...

4. Boat found
(Local News/Local News)

Thieves who stole an expensive speedboat in an early morning raid in Galway yesterday got cold feet and abandoned it in Limerick. The €10,000 speedboat was found abandoned close to the Gaelic Groun

5. File sent to DPP after Gort crash
(Local News/Local News)

... of the car presented to UHG later on Sunday evening for treatment and was immediately arrested by Galway Gardaí. He was taken to Gort Garda Station for questioning before being later released. A...

6. Fahey backs DNA files
(Local News/Local News)

A national DNA database would help Gardaí in the fight against serious crimes, according Galway West Fianna Fáil TD Frank Fahey. Deputy Fahey has said he believes that keeping a database of people

7. Garda Response Unit to be launched next month
(Local News/Local News)

... the country, Salthill Garda Station will be furnished with the new unit made up of four sergeants and 24 gardaí, which has been put in place to respond to siege situations and criminals using firearm...

8. Man released following Eyre Square assault
(Local News/Local News)

A file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions after a man in his 20s was released from custody by Galway Gardai following an assault on a woman in Eyre Square. Gardai in Millstreet ha

9. Daylight robbery
(Local News/Local News)

Galway Gardai are looking for information in relation to a robbery that took place at a bookmaker's shop in Wellpark on Friday last. Mulhollands betting shop, situated on the Monivea Road, was ente

10. Lights probe begins
(Local News/Local News)

Galway County Board officials have begun a full investigation into allegations that a document handed into Galway City Council concerning planning had a forged signature of a Garda member. This all

11. Bishop Drennan's resignation would send out wrong message
(Letters/Letters)

Dear Editor, I agree with the sentiments expressed by Mr Fuller in his recent letter (Wednesday 23 December). I echo his horror at the revelations of the Murphy Report and I, too, fully support

12. Public warned to beware of bogus callers
(Local News/Local News)

...e. The man informed some family members who then contacted the gardai. A spokesperson for the Galway gardaí urged people to check all forms of identification before opening their door to anyone -...

13. Court appearance for Barry
(Local News/Local News)

Mervue native Gerald Barry is to appear at Galway District Court this March. The 30-year-old is to face trial for charges of assault against two gardai, a woman and her two-year-old son. Judge M

14. Lucky escape on Loughrea lake
(Local News/Local News)

A young girl and two adults had a lucky escape on Sunday when they plunged through the ice into Loughrea Lake. Despite numerous warnings from Irish Water Safety, hundreds of people across the coun

15. Search goes on for Shantalla attacker
(Local News/Local News)

Gardai in Galway are trawling through an extensive amount of CCTV footage in an effort to apprehend a raider who subjected an 80-year old woman to a vicious assault in the early hours of the morning o

16. File almost complete on Fahy murder
(Local News/Local News)

Gardai say that a file is almost complete and will be shortly sent to the DPP in the case of a 22-year old Co. Galway man charged with the murder of his grandfather. Gearoid Fahy of Carrownamona, Ard

17. Shantalla burglar still at large
(Local News/Local News)

Gardai in Galway are appealing for information that might lead to the identification of a man that broke into a house and assaulted an elderly woman in the early hours of 2010 in Shantalla. The 80-ye

18. Galway couple in court again next week
(Local News/Local News)

A Co. Galway couple will appear in court in Athenry next Tuesday charged with cruelty, rape and neglect of their children. The couple, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before Ennis D

19. Investigation into fire death
(Local News/Local News)

... body of a man in his sixties was discovered at his house in Co. Galway, which had been damaged by fire. Gardaí launched the investigation after a small fire was discovered at the house on the main G...

20. Driving home the road safety message
(Editorial/Editorial)

... while tired and wearing high visibility jackets while walking as reasons for the decreasing figures. The gardaí must also be commended for identifying and bringing to book those who break the law and...

21. Laying out the Law - 06th January 2010
(Business/Business)

Q: What are the procedures involved if a person is stopped by the Gardaí and arrested by for drink driving. A: If you are arrested at the roadside for drink driving, the Garda is obliged to inform

22. Burglar caught in the act
(Local News/Local News)

Gardai in Galway foiled a burglar in the throws of his work on Sunday night last at 11.05pm. Two women were in their apartment in Dun na Mara on the Docks when the 19-year-old male broke into their

23. Fire 'suspicious' says Gardai
(Local News/Local News)

...utcher shop in Mervue to deal with a blaze at the premises. According to a spokesperson for the Galway Gardaí, the fire services were "not altogether happy" with their initial investigations. The s...

24. Prank prompts major search
(Local News/Local News)

... the freezing river shortly before 9am. A frantic search involving three units of Galway Fire Brigade, Gardaí and sub-aqua units was launched amid fears that the three had drowned. Rowing coaches ...

25. Still nameless
(Local News/Local News)

An unidentified body is about to spend its fourth Cristmas in a Galway morgue since its discovery on 8 December 2006 near Lough Inagh. Repeated attempts to identify the body of the male, which was

26. Double tragedy on roads
(Local News/Local News)

A 26-year-old Polish national and a 86-year-old Kinvara man died in separate road collisions in the county in the past week. Gardai at Oranmore are investigating the two-vehicle collision, which

27. Sport Matters
(Sport/Sport)

Leitrim footballers proved more popular in the national league than Galway hurlers — and that's official according to figures released in the last week.Leitrim — the county with the smallest populatio

28. Leenane accident victim laid to rest
(Local News/Local News)

The woman that died following a road accident in Leenane in Co. Galway last Friday was laid to rest yesterday (Tuesday) in St Michael's Church, Leenane. Sinead King, aged 37, was seriously injured

29. Calls for resignations at GRCC event
(Local News/Local News)

...Rape Crisis Centre last week used the occasion to call for the resignation and prosecution of bishops and gardaí involved in collusion over institutional abuse. Guest speakers at a conference in cele...

30. 'Serious' drug problem to be addressed - Supt
(Local News/Local News)

The city's Chief Superintendent has acknowledged that the area has serious issues in relation to drugs, after it emerged that illegal substances with a street value of almost €2 million were sei

31. Wheelchair man robbed
(Local News/Local News)

Gardai in Loughrea are looking for the public's assistance in hunting down two people who beat up a wheelchair-bound man while robbing his home. The man in his 60s, who lives alone, was beaten up b

32. Week of tragedy for Leitir Moir
(Local News/Local News)

A Connemara community is coming to terms with the tragic death of two students after a 16-year old was killed in a car accident last weekend. Micheal Rua Seoighe from Lettermullen in south Connemar

33. If you go down to the wood today
(Editorial/Editorial)

...hey are the council workers who come out in the gale to ensure that roads are made passable; they are the gardaí who come to our aid when we are robbed or attacked; and they are the fire fighters who ...

34. Road crash claims one victim
(Local News/Local News)

Gardai in Tuam are seeking witnesses to yesterday's fatal single vehicle road traffic collision near Williamstown village on the Glenamaddy Road. The collision occurred on Tuesday 17 November at a

35. Let's talk about - 11th November 2009
(Local News/Local News)

...leave their husbands, as someone once told me they thought we did. We don't force people to report to the Gardaí or attend doctors. But, if they want to, we will go with them. Finally, we don't just p...

36. 35 jobs at risk in bus row
(Local News/Local News)

...rights and would continue to do so. Mr Burke said he had been in contact with the Department and the Gardaí, but was unaware what either had done on the matter, or whether Citylink have even been...

37. Halloween havoc
(Local News/Local News)

... 40 were giving grief. The rest were just law-abiding kids out for a bit of craic on Halloween night. The Gardaí had come up earlier in the evening to move them on but as soon as the patrol car was go...

38. All onto the streets on Friday
(Letters/Letters)

Dear Editor, Last February, IBEC, the Irish employers' organisation declared that it wanted the pay of all workers cut. IBEC claims that private and public workers must suffer repeated pay cuts

39. Row deepens as county final falls victim
(Sport/Sport)

Mullagh club members are due to meet this Wednesday evening to decide what course of action they should now take following a meeting last night at which bans were proposed on four of their players. T

40. Three arrested after burglary spree
(Local News/Local News)

A man in his 30s is to appear in Galway District Court later this week after being arrested on suspicion of being involved in a burglary spree and a ram-raiding incident over the weekend. Three loc

41. City set for union protests
(Local News/Local News)

Galway could be set for a winter of discontent, as rumblings of strikes loom large in the sky. Up to 100,000 public sector workers nationwide are gearing up for a 24-hour strike next month. Public

42. Hurling row deepens
(Sport/Sport)

Three Mullagh players are to be hit with proposed 48-week bans following a fractious senior hurling semi-final after which the referee required a Garda escort to get to his dressingroom. And in a fur

43. Stolen ringbuoy, stolen life
(Making Waves/Making Waves)

Dozens of schoolchildren and members of the local community have joined Minister of State Michael Finneran to launch a new initiative – www.ringbuoys.ie. "The website is a public service offered b

44. Cruel prank
(Local News/Local News)

... blow by the loss of his tricycle. "I would ask that if anyone knows where it is that they call the Gardaí and let them know. I just want to get it back," he said. The bicycle itself has tw...

45. On the Watch
(Local News/Local News)

...ve has been launched to fight shoplifting and thefts in the city. Local businesses have teamed up with Gardaí to provide a new cost-effective retail security solution for those facing the threat of...

46. Rights of animals seem to come first
(Letters/Letters)

Dear Editor, Saturday last saw a first for Galway when community and voluntary groups protested on the streets of Galway against the cuts in funding for the sector. A sunny day lent to the carniv

47. Tomas Mac Con Iomaire - Radio Producer
(Profiles/Profiles)

Name: Tomas Mac Con Iomaire Location: Carraroe Occupation: Radio Producer Favourite thing about Galway: The fact that despite all the development in the city, you can stroll along by the sea fr

48. Info sought on Bohermore burglary
(Local News/Local News)

Three Chinese men are being sought after an aggravated burglary in the Bohermore area of the city on Friday evening last. A Chinese woman was accosted at the back door of her rented accommodation a

49. Man assaulted in city centre
(Local News/Local News)

...n the direction of the Spanish Arch after the robbery No arrests have been made after the assault and gardaí say their inquiries are ongoing and that CCTV from the area is been examined. Mill...

50. Colleges cracks the whip
(Local News/Local News)

...Students' Union President Donna Cummins said she was very disappointed to hear one of the highest-ranking Gardaí in Galway report of poor student behaviour this year. "We are very sad to hear Su...