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Kyne, Cannon, and Higgins - Are they Galway’s rising political stars
The dust has settled; the new Government has come through its first 100 days; Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and US president Barack Obama have been and gone; Garrett the Good, Declan Costello, and Brian Lenihan - three icons of Irish politics - have passed to their eternal reward. What a first six months of 2011 this has been.
Three substitute councillors enter the fray in County Hall
Three new councillors received a joyous welcome at County Hall on Friday as they filled vacancies left by successful Dáil candidates.
Richard Boyd-Barrett to address public meeting in Galway
Richard Boyd-Barrett, the newly elected People Before Profit TD, will address a public meeting next week, entitled ‘Where now for the Left in Irish politics?’
All the figures from Galway East
Number of seats: 4
The highs, the lows, of a weekend in New Inn
Just when we thought it was going to be all plain sailing once again in Galway East the tides turned, a recount was ordered, votes vanished and disprepancies were found, but we got there in the end filling all four seats and closing the doors of the community centre in New Inn before midnight on Sunday.
Since when is a vote for Nolan a vote for Kyne?
“The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there,” wrote the English novelist LP Hartley. Were he around today he might say: “The internet is a foreign country. Reality operates differently there.”
Questions Galway’s Labour candidates must answer
This election marks the end of an era for Galway Labour. Michael D Higgins is hopefully heading for the greener pastures of the Phoenix Park. What may prove to be a gain for Ireland is certainly a loss for the Labour Party. For many on the Left Michael D represented the party’s “conscience”.
Independents to have their day on February 25?
County Galway is normally an unhappy hunting ground for Independents seeking election to Dáil Éireann, but that could all change on February 25?
Questions Galway’s Labour candidates must answer
This election marks the end of an era for Galway Labour. Michael D Higgins is hopefully heading for the greener pastures of the Phoenix Park. What may prove to be a gain for Ireland is certainly a loss for the Labour Party. For many on the Left Michael D represented the party’s “conscience”.
Could Galway return three female TDs
By the beginning of March, when the dust has settled on what promises to be a momentous general election, County Galway will have at least one female TD.
