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Athlone Town Council Candidate Aengus O’Rourke has launched his new website www.aengusorourke.ie. 

Total poll: 4,590

Although plans for a skate board park at the Closh near the Fair Green in the city have been controversially approved by a majority of members of Kilkenny Borough Council, it is not looking like the park will be developed any time soon.

The Belmullet area saw the largest influx of new voters into the area following the redrawing of the boundaries last year. An extra 2,249 people were planted into the area from both the east and south of the old constituency. The decision to move Newport east from the Westport electoral area into Belmullet and its population of 1,021 was enough to see sitting Newport based Fianna Fáil councilor Frank Chambers decide not to run again, after seeing his home base split between two different electoral areas. While to the east of the old constituency, Ballycastle, Bunaveela, Kilfian west and Lacken north have been added from the old Ballina area.

Across Mayo political posters have been defaced and vandalised, as is common with most political campaigns. But people would be forgiven for thinking they had stepped into Baghdad this week due to the vicious and sinister element which has developed in south Mayo where one sitting councillor’s poster was shot at. This turn of events is one step too far and goes beyond painting glasses and moustaches on candidates’ faces.

Ballina Town Council, like its counterparts, will be very difficult to call.

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.

With just four seats in what has been traditionally a five seater area, there was always going to be a fall out in Thomastown.