The Department of Housing has failed to publish September's homeless figures because the work-to-rule left it with incomplete data. Charities, builders and the opposition are piling pressure on the Housing Minister.
Author: Kevin Waters (Kevin Waters)
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Halloween inferno: Dublin Fire Brigade hit by 558 calls on busiest night in a decade as cars burn in Cherry Orchard and fireworks are fired at crews in the North
Bonfires, burning cars and fireworks fired at firefighters: emergency services across Ireland had one of their busiest Halloween nights in years, although gardaí reported no disturbance of serious concern.
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Crime in Galway: what the figures show in 2026
Galway sits mid-table nationally for recorded crime, burglary has ticked up in 2026 and the wider North Western region saw the country's steepest fall in break-ins. Here is what the official data shows, and where the gaps are.
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Rural vs urban Ireland: how much more country households pay for fuel, heating and transport in 2026
Rural households spend about €32 a week more than urban ones on running cars and getting around, and this year's heating oil spike has hit oil-dependent country homes hardest. Here is what the official figures show.
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Connemara festival calendar 2026–2027: Clifden Arts Festival’s 50th, the Pony Show, Inishbofin and the Connemarathon – every date we know
The Connemarathon is set for 25 April 2027 and Clifden Arts Festival reaches its 50th year. Here is every Connemara festival date we can confirm for 2027, with the rest clearly marked TBC.
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Connemara West at 55: how 500 Letterfrack families built a furniture college, a radio station and a village’s future
Since 1971 a company owned by around 500 north-west Connemara families, and paying no dividends, has turned Letterfrack's troubled former industrial school into a hub for a national furniture college, community radio, housing and childcare.
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Walking with Michael Gibbons: the Clifden archaeologist revealing 10,000 years of Connemara’s hidden past
From Neolithic tombs in Connemara National Park to drowned houses off Clifden, archaeologist Michael Gibbons has spent decades showing walkers the past hidden in the west's bogs and shorelines. Here's what his Walking Ireland trips cover.
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Bohermore twist: developer wants 18 MORE rooms at hotel rising on old Tonery’s pub site, taking it back near original 182
The developer behind the hotel being built on the old Tonery's bar site in Bohermore has asked for 18 more bedrooms, a year after the pub was knocked down following a long planning fight.
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Storm Boelo cuts off Kylemore: N59 and Inagh Valley flooded and Salthill shut as Galway takes a battering
Storm Boelo, the second named storm of the season, swamped the N59 at Kylemore and the Inagh Valley road, knocked out power in Recess and Kilcolgan, and forced Galway City Council to shut Salthill prom, car parks and city woodlands.
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Inishbofin gale drama: three sailors towed to safety in 4-metre swells after yacht’s engine dies off Connemara
A 46-foot yacht that lost its engine south-west of Inishbofin was towed into Cleggan by Clifden's volunteer lifeboat crew as a westerly gale whipped up swells of three to four metres.