Season 14 swaps fields for the Naval Service, with families racing rafts and leaping off ships at Haulbowline, and a Galway family in tonight's opener.
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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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Galway in Numbers: €2,004 Rents, a €1bn Ring Road and the Census Figures That Define the City in 2026
Population, homes, rents, roads, students and jobs: the official figures behind Galway city and county, with tables and the source and year for every number.
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Crime in Ireland 2026: the latest figures explained, as drug dealing hits a record high and killings fall
Homicide, sexual offences and burglary are falling, but drug, fraud and weapons crime are rising. Our guide to the latest CSO figures, by offence and region, including Galway.
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Galway’s single-track rail nightmare: TD demands Athenry line be doubled NOW, as city told it must wait until 2029 for Dublin Road BusConnects
Galway West TD John Connolly has called for the Galway to Athenry railway to be doubled immediately rather than wait for a wider upgrade, while the NTA has confirmed construction of the Dublin Road BusConnects scheme will not begin until 2029.
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Galway horror show: Leinster’s kids run riot as Connacht are hammered 50-5 at Dexcom Stadium
A Leinster side shorn of its Ireland stars scored seven tries in wind and rain in Galway, leaving Stuart Lancaster lamenting his team's inconsistency heading into the November break.
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Galway Ring Road: More Than 40 Castlegar Homes Face Demolition as Purchase Talks Begin
Castlegar residents say the N6 Galway City Ring Road is breaking up their community as 44 homes face demolition. With three court cases settled, one challenge stands between the scheme and construction.
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Galway mosque bomb plot: three men jailed for planned terror attack on Maryam Mosque
Members of a self-styled far-right group planned to smash the windows of the Maryam Mosque on Galway's Monivea Road and throw pipe bombs inside. The plot was uncovered by chance at a Garda drugs checkpoint in Portlaoise.
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Whiskey galore! Irish distilleries smash one million visitors again – and a Galway distillery is among the fastest risers
Irish whiskey distilleries welcomed more than one million visitors for the second year running, with spending per head up and remote rural distilleries growing fastest.