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Labour Cllr Tom Costello was on the end of a verbal roasting from his former party colleague Cllr Catherine Connolly this week, over his support for two controversial rezonings.

Fine Gael is pushing to win a second seat in Galway City West and the party is looking towards Cllr Brian Walsh to bring in one of his two running mates.

Two controversial motions to rezone land on the Tuam and Dublin roads are likely to be part of discussions during the review of the Galway City Development Plan in April.

June’s Local Election could be the chance for Labour to make a real breakthrough in Galway city politics and establish itself as a dominant and vibrant force.

Cllr John Connolly and Ollie Crowe are the Fianna Fáil candidates for Galway City Central, a ward which rivals Galway City East for competitiveness and which has been rightly dubbed ‘The Group of Death’. Only one of them will survive the Local Election on June 5.

Galway voters should make the upcoming local elections a referendum on the city outer bypass, according to Fianna Fáil TD and chairman of the Oireachtas Transport Committee, Frank Fahey.

The outcome and the aftermath of tomorrow’s Local Election in Galway city will be determined by the performance of Fianna Fáil, for that will impact directly on how Labour and Fine Gael do.

The biggest ward in the city could prove to be the most dramatic. The battle for the final seat is likely to be a showdown betweenLabour, which needs this seat to become the largest party in City Hall, and Fianna Fáil.

A personal, sideways, view of our new city councillors, who took their seats in City Hall on Monday.

A personal, sideways, view of our new city councillors, who took their seats in City Hall on Monday.