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Dermot Connolly to run for Sinn Féin in Galway East
With Fianna Fáil in seeming disarray in Galway East, could this be the election that gives Sinn Féin its first County Galway TD since the 1920s?
Galway East - a change is gonna come?
If there was ever a constituency which defined the term ‘boringly predictable’ it was certainly Galway East, a place even more beholden to repeating patterns and traditions than its sister electoral area Galway West.
Tom Welby — Independents can make a difference to next Dáil
Tom Welby is not among those who think that Independents candidates will be an irrelevancy at Election 2011. He feels Independents could have a significant role in the next Dáil, and in leading the way in reforming the Irish political system.
Security deposits could be on the cards for council tenants
A county councillor has called for a security deposit to be introduced for local authority tenants after he saw the €800,000 Westmeath County Council spent on repairs to its housing stock in 2010.
Bev bows out
Mayo Fianna Fail TD Beverley Cooper Flynn was due to announce last night (Thursday) that she will not be running for election in the upcoming 2011 general election as she has decided to quit national politics due to family reasons.
Feelin’ positive Phelan puts best foot forward
With selection conventions rapidly taking place around the county and country, following her recent selection Ann Phelan in Kilkenny is hopeful that there will be a successful conclusion come election day in Carlow-KIlkenny for the Labour Party.
New strategy set to improve Tuam waste treatment
Improvements are due to be made to the Tuam waste treatment services under the Sludge Management Plan, according to county councillor Seán Canney.
Labour may run second candidates in both Galway constituencies
Labour has chosen its candidates for Galway East and Galway West, but there is a strong likelihood that they could be joined by new running mates over the coming weeks.
HSE Forum to move members’ questions further up agenda at O’Malley’s request
Fine Gael county councillor and member of the HSE West Forum Cllr Austin Francis O’Malley hit out a meeting of the forum this week about how long it took to get to the item on the agenda which dealt with questions submitted by the members.
More needed to back up ‘useless’ anti-social behaviour strategy, says Canney
More resources and additional housing liason officers are needed to properly deal with the scourge of the anti-social behaviour problem throughout the county which is costing thousands of euro, that is according to Galway County Councillor Seán Canney.
