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Who will survive the race in Galway City Central?
In horse racing parlance it could be said that contenders are in the dip but have not turned into the straight yet and, in what has been forecast as the most competitive of all Wards, Galway City Central should prove to be the mother of all gallops.
Galway City Central is ‘ready made’ for a Quinn comeback
The new Galway City Central ward is “ready made for a Martin Quinn comeback” according to the former mayor who is seeking to be a Fianna Fáil candidate in the next local elections.
What kind of council has Galway voted for?
When the results came in on Saturday it was clear that Ireland had raised high the Red flag, donned a blue shirt, kept a few Independents on side, and delivered the mother of all kickings to the Government parties. Well not quite everywhere. Typically Galway didn’t quite follow suit.
City Hall must work with residents to give communities better facilities, says Connolly
The Galway City Council must work with Westside residents to enhance recreational facilities in the area and stop pursuing “continuous indiscriminate building that ill serves communities”.
Will a gender quota address the lack of women in politics?
Since the re-establishment of the Galway Borough Council in 1937, very few women have been elected to the Galway City Council or Galway Corporation, as it was then known.
As you were for the Greens?
On Monday The Green Party unveiled its election team for the 2009 local elections - the first political party in Galway to do so. However the party look unlikely to make any increase on the one seat it secured in 2004.
Amnesty welcomes Galway becoming a ‘rendition-free’ zone
Galway City Council has now joined local authorities in Shannon, Limerick, Derry, and Kilkenny in declaring themselves ‘rendition-free’ following Galway’s commitment to preventing rendition flights through Galway Airport.
Small Crane scheme rejected again
The Galway City Council’s Planning Strategic Policy Committee has rejected a revised version of the Small Crane Enhancement Scheme - a decision which has been welcomed by local residents.
Connolly urges An Post to operate parcel retrieval service at GPO
Deputy Mayor Cllr Colette Connolly is calling on An Post to operate a parcel retrieval facility at the GPO in Eglinton Street.
Crowe brothers to the rescue for Fianna Fail?
“If I saw Mr Haughey buried at midnight at a crossroads with a stake driven through his heart, politically speaking, I should continue to wear a clove of garlic around my neck, just in case.”
