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An epic day which yielded change
Not long after 9am on Saturday as the boxes were opened in Leisureland and the tallymen got to work, patterns began to emerge that would remain unaltered throughout the day. Galway was giving its backing to Labour, but it was not exactly punishing Fianna Fáil.
Westside’s vacant houses are a magnet for underage drinking
Too many houses in Westside are left empty and boarded up and have become “a central point for anti-social behaviour and dumping” according to Independent Galway City Central candidate Mike Cubbard.
What breed of Independent are you?
The American columnist Franklin P Adams wrote in 1944 that: “Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.”
It’s the issues, not your face they are voting on says Ní Chróinín
The voluntary ban on all election posters during the Volvo Ocean Race is a chance for candidates to show they have the interests of the city at heart by refraining from “plastering their own faces up and down the length” of the Green Dragon Route.
City Hall and gardaí must stamp out antisocial behaviour in Woodquay says Cubbard
CCTV must be installed in Woodquay in an effort to stamp out the antisocial behaviour that is plaguing the area and more gardaí are needed to patrol its streets.
Galway City Central is not a foregone conclusion
This week, Insider is going to take a look at the number of first preference votes received in 2004 by candidates in the old West Ward and potentially what the outcome may be in the new Galway City Central ward in June for the sitting councillors, repeat candidates, and new candidates.
HSE accused of ‘going overboard’ preparing for Tasoiseach’s Galway visit
Galway city central ward independent candidate Mike Cubbard has lashed out at the HSE for what he alleges was its “lavish spending” for the recent visit of Taoiseach Brian Cowen to University Hospital Galway.
We are independent say Independents
“This is the way the world will end, not with a bang but with a whimper.” So concluded TS Eliot in his bleak, but powerful poem The Hollow Men.
See the councillors play political football
Football and politics are inextricably linked. World Cup qualifiers played a role in the 1969 Soccer War between El Salvador and Honduras.
Tomorrow might be the Independents day
As we near the crucial day, the people of Galway have a decision to make. Do they continue to support the old established parties or do they on this occasion have faith in the Independent community candidates?
