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Fine Gael looks set to continue its current dominance of Galway County Council, but Fianna Fáil and Independents are set to have a solid election and may even narrow the gap with the governing party.

Contorversial Galway senator Fidelma Healy-Eames will not be renewing her membership of Fine Gael, almost a year after she was expelled from the FG parliamentary party.

South Galway has been abandoned and the incompetence of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is denying homeowners and farmers their constitutional rights, that is according to a county councillor who is yet to return to her Ardrahan home since being evacuated during recent flooding.

Galway county councillors have given their approval for the local authority to take the lead in progressing the Galway City Outer Bypass warning that the lack of such vital infrastructure was putting the city and county back 50 years in development.

A number of county councillors have called on Galway County Council to do all it can to progress work to find a new route to replace the R336 Bearna to Scríb via Ros an Mhíl road as, according to Spiddeal based councillor Seosamh Ó Laoi “there is a dire need for a road out in south Connemara”.

Galway county councillors voted unanimously this week to reaffirm the council’s determination to ensure that the Galway City Outer Bypass is progressed under the IROPI (Imperative Reasons of Overriding Public Interest) process which is believed will result in a positive outcome.

The Athenry Environmental Network will officially launch the town’s new Slí na Sláinte route, developed in association with the Irish Heart Foundation, next week.

There will soon be a “remarkable” new beginning for Presentation College Athenry who received long-awaited news this week that it will finally have a brand new school building within the next three years.

Four Galway Fine Gaelers are seeking seats in the next Seanad, but if any are successful, will they sit a full term in the Upper House or one lasting only two years?

Covering all bases in Galway East in order to maximise the vote and retain its two seats will be the priority for Fine Gael when it holds its election selection convention for the constituency this weekend.