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The figures speak for themselves so let’s see what the figures actually said in the recent local elections to the Galway city and county councils.

Since the re-establishment of the Galway Borough Council in 1937, very few women have been elected to the Galway City Council or Galway Corporation, as it was then known.

Motorists using Merlin Lane to cut through the grounds of Merlin Park Hospital to get access onto the main Dublin Road is “totally unacceptable” and a danger to staff and local residents.

Six out of the 15 Galway city councillors have received top marks for attendance at council meetings for 2008, but others have fared less well in figures released this week.

As we head into St Valentine’s Day many of the city councillors will have their eye on two dates - February 14 and June 5.

“Very prominent and visible graffiti” on Lough Atalia Bridge must be removed immediately, “particularly in the run up to the Volvo Race” according to Fianna Fáil Cllr Mary Leahy.

Although nominations have yet to close for June’s Local Elections, attentions are already being focused on the likely results and the potential mayoral pacts that may be created post June.

Some 400 households in the Lurgan Park-Gleann Rua area of Renmore are being denied a bus service as a speed ramp in Murrough Avenue is preventing buses from getting into the estate.

A local Fianna Fail councillor is “outraged” at what she alleges is the HSE’s “relative inaction” when fraud and deception is uncovered in the health authority’s welfare system.

The “intolerable and unacceptable” levels of traffic congestion in Galway are leading to fears that “adequate plans” to cope with the large numbers of visitors expected for the Volvo Ocean Race do not exist.