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Dara Bradley

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Freelance journalist based in Galway, Ireland. Story 👉🏻[email protected] TikTok: bearnabadger https://nitter.cf/t.co/0B8cMyCbXG

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Speaking at the High Court in Dublin on Monday, Foran confirmed that there was no financial settlement included as part of the agreement he signed with Galway City Council and Galway County Council. irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
Work on Galway ring road to start early next year as last opponent withdraws objection

Work on Galway ring road to start early next year as last opponent withdraws objection

Speaking at the High Court on Monday, the last objector to the project said no financial settlement was included in the agreement he signed

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Work on Galway ring road to start early next year as last opponent withdraws objection irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
Work on Galway ring road to start early next year as last opponent withdraws objection

Work on Galway ring road to start early next year as last opponent withdraws objection

Speaking at the High Court on Monday, the last objector to the project said no financial settlement was included in the agreement he signed

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Galway conservationists have constructed an osprey nesting platform near Oranmore in the hope of luring a pair of migratory birds of prey to mate and breed there: tuamherald.ie/2026/11/01/nes…
Nesting platform hoping to create new home for migratory birds | Tuam Herald

Nesting platform hoping to create new home for migratory birds | Tuam Herald

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Dublin Fire Brigade reports busiest Halloween night in 15 years irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
Vacant house in Dublin set on fire four times on busiest Halloween in 15 years

Vacant house in Dublin set on fire four times on busiest Halloween in 15 years

Footage has emerged of chaotic scenes in parts of Dublin, including cars being set alight

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Plan for new coastal neighbourhood on east side of Galway city unveiled irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
Plan for new coastal neighbourhood on east side of Galway city unveiled

Plan for new coastal neighbourhood on east side of Galway city unveiled

Up to 2,500 homes could be provided as part of proposals to transform about 84 acres of land, Galway City Council says

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Watchdog investigating following death of man in Garda custody irishtimes.com/crime-law/202…
Watchdog investigating following death of man in Garda custody

Watchdog investigating following death of man in Garda custody

Fiosrú says its investigators attended the scene and an independent investigation is ongoing

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Unionists fear their culture will not be respected in united Ireland, former UUP leader says irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
Unionists fear their culture will not be respected in united Ireland, former UUP leader says

Unionists fear their culture will not be respected in united Ireland, former UUP leader says

Doug Beattie also expresses unionist concerns about the Republic’s defence capabilities

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Broadcaster Hector Ó hEochagáin underwent ‘frightening’ brain surgery over the summer irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
Broadcaster Hector Ó hEochagáin underwent ‘frightening’ brain surgery over the summer

Broadcaster Hector Ó hEochagáin underwent ‘frightening’ brain surgery over the summer

Presenter described the TSH-secreting adenoma he had as ‘quite rare’, affecting one in every two or three million people

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Ninth man charged with Ballinasloe violent disorder | Westmeath Independent

Ninth man charged with Ballinasloe violent disorder | Westmeath Independent

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‘They are killing our community’: Over 40 homes face demolition for Galway ring road irishtimes.com/transport/202…
‘They are killing our community’: Over 40 homes face demolition for Galway ring road

‘They are killing our community’: Over 40 homes face demolition for Galway ring road

Instead of enjoying retirement, older homeowners are worrying about where they will live out their lives

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‘Definite line of inquiry’ pursued over Dublin fish kill as death toll put at 1,000 irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
‘Definite line of inquiry’ pursued over Dublin fish kill as death toll put at 1,000

‘Definite line of inquiry’ pursued over Dublin fish kill as death toll put at 1,000

Inland Fisheries Ireland had earlier indicated number of deaths was ‘more than 500, over distance of 2.1km’

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I spent a day in Clifden, chatting to locals about how they cope in the off-season for the cover story in the Weekend section of the Irish Times: Economically it probably would make sense to close’: Clifden businesses prepare for barren winter irishtimes.com/life-style/pe…
‘Economically it probably would make sense to close’: Clifden businesses prepare for barren winter

‘Economically it probably would make sense to close’: Clifden businesses prepare for barren winter

As the summer tourist throngs thin out, then disappear, the only thing keeping some businesses in the Co Galway town open is loyalty to staff

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Ninth man charged over violent disorder in Ballinasloe

Ninth man charged over violent disorder in Ballinasloe

Another man has appeared in court in Co Galway charged with violent disorder in Ballinasloe during this year's International Horse Fair in the town earlier this month.

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Eight men charged with violent disorder during Ballinasloe horse fair | Westmeath Independent

Eight men charged with violent disorder during Ballinasloe horse fair | Westmeath Independent

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Man appears in court on serious assault charge | Tuam Herald

Man appears in court on serious assault charge | Tuam Herald

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Reporting from the picket lines at University Hospital Galway this morning where healthcare workers strike for better pay
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Live Updates: Thousandsd of medical appointments cancelled and schools closed as more than 300,000 workers begin strike. Read: irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
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Horses and poultry seized at Ballinasloe Horse Fair over welfare concerns agriland.ie/farming-news/hor…
Horses and poultry seized at Ballinasloe Horse Fair over welfare concerns

Horses and poultry seized at Ballinasloe Horse Fair over welfare concerns

While improvements have been made at the fair, there were still some welfare concerns...

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NSPCA seize 26 animals over welfare concerns at Ballinasloe Fair jrnl.ie/7191121
NSPCA seize 26 animals over welfare concerns at Ballinasloe Fair

NSPCA seize 26 animals over welfare concerns at Ballinasloe Fair

Twenty of the 60 cases reported were “resolved through on-site advice to owners”, and the NSPCA issued 12 formal warnings.

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NSPCA seize 26 animals over welfare concerns at Ballinasloe Fair jrnl.ie/7191121
NSPCA seize 26 animals over welfare concerns at Ballinasloe Fair

NSPCA seize 26 animals over welfare concerns at Ballinasloe Fair

Twenty of the 60 cases reported were “resolved through on-site advice to owners”, and the NSPCA issued 12 formal warnings.

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