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It was a nail biting election for candidates over Sunday and Monday as the Euro election hopefuls waited to hear their fate.

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.

Kilkenny city bucked the national trend on several occasions over election weekend but no occasion was more obvious than the performance of Fianna Fail in the borough council election.

The war of words between Labour and Fine Gael looks set to continue as Labour, the largest party on the Galway City Council, finds itself outside the new mayoral pact and policy drive in City Hall.

What was it all about? Was it all the posters? There were never so many plastered all over the county. Does a poster campaign have a major impact, Grassroots wonders...

It was a night filled with anticipation in the mayoral Chambers at City Hall. People had an idea who might be mayor but it was not to be confirmed until the commencement of the meeting and official proceedings had began.

It is vital that those in need of the social welfare benefits and services receive such support as swiftly as possible, especially as the numbers of unemployed rise this year.

As the summer recess in local politics approaches, Grassroots and all his fellow rooters are looking forward to the summer break.

A new cinema for Galway, showing the best in international movies, experimental films, and Irish made features, took a step closer to reality this week when the first ‘sod was turned’ on the site.