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John Mulholland, the former Galway city councillor and mayor, will not be contesting the Local Elections in May.

A mixture of familiar faces, dynasties, and at least one new name characterise the make up of Fine Gael’s 2014 Local Election ticket for Galway city.

John Mulholland is set to return to the Galway City Council as a councillor for the Galway City West Ward, four years after he dramatically lost his seat in the 2009 Local Elections.

Brian Walsh’s expulsion from the Fine Gael parliamentary party, and possible expulsion from the party proper, could pave the way for former Mayor Hildegarde Naughton to become the FG candidate in the city at the next General Election.

Galway punters are gearing up to do battle with bookies again this year with the Cheltenham festival getting under way next week, March 12.

With around two years to go before the next local elections, political parties will already be focusing on their representative candidates and their prospects of success in what is likely to be a highly formative election.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and US President Barrack Obama should be invited to come back to Ireland and include Galway on their itinerary according to new Mayor Terry O’Flaherty.

After much discussion at a special meeting convened to discuss the 2012 draft statutory budget, the members of Kilkenny County Council voted in favour of cutting the commercial rate in the county by half a per cent.

A provisional timeline and cost for Kilkenny’s Central Access Scheme, including the new River Nore bridge crossing, was announced at this week’s meeting of the borough council.

Kilkenny City Hall was a divided house on Monday night, as four local councillors walked out of a borough council meeting to protest against a split between the executive and some of the elected members.