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Fianna Fáil has given a commitment to freeze commercial rates for the next three years in its local election manifesto Accountable & Effective Local Government, which was launched in Dublin by An Taoiseach Brian Cowen this week.

Pay packets have shrunk further this week as Brian Lenihan’s latest round of tax cuts hit home, with the average family now paying €7,700 more tax compared to 12 months ago, Mayo Fine Gael TD John O'Mahony said.

Councillor Brian Walsh has been elected as the new Fine Gael leader on the Galway City Council replacing long serving former councillor John Mulholland.

“What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better,” so said Wendell Phillips, the 19th century American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator, lawyer, and writer.

The Local Elections are over, bring on the General Election! There is never a time when politicians and political anoraks are not thinking about elections and Saturday’s results will be read as an indication of what lies ahead in 2012.

Fine Gael now has an overwhelming majority on Mayo County Council following last Friday’s Local Elections. With 17 seats on the local authority, Enda Kenny’s crew will occupy the chairmanship of the council for the next five years with Ballyhaunis native John Cribbin tipped to be installed as the first Cathaoirleach.

With a record six seats up for grabs in the Piltown Electoral Area and two sitting Fine Gael councillors having declared themselves out of the race from an early date, the seats in this area were all to play for.

The Callan Electoral Area was the only area that gained a seat in the new electoral area boundary changes made in time for this year’s local elections.

Meetings were under way last evening as both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil attempted to secure a majority grouping on the Galway County Council ahead of the local authority’s annual meeting tomorrow.

As the newly elected Westmeath County Council meets for the first time later today, it looks likely that, for the first time in years, Fine Gael will be in control of all three local authorities in the county.