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All signs point to a Fianna Fáil-Labour-Sinn Féin coalition with support from Independent councillors to run the Galway City Council for the next five years.

And with the last vote counted, that was it. The choices have been made and the composition of the local councils that will oversee our city and county is known. While many of the experienced councillors have retained their seats, there are plenty of new faces too, to create the ideal sporting blend of youth and experience.

The incoming Galway city council will have six women members - four of them newly elected - the highest proportion in the history of the council. Each political party on the council now has a female councillor, along with the non-party grouping.

Labour Councillor Niall Mc Nelis said it’s time to stamp out the grotesque practice of recording or sharing images taken at the scene of a road accident.

I am disappointed to have lost my seat on Galway City Council. The seat was won by Pauline O’Reilly five years ago, and I was co-opted after her election to the Seanad.

The Access Centre at University of Galway has marked 25 years of creating opportunities for people to find pathways into higher education.

Independent City Councillor Declan McDonnell has highlighted the frustration of bus users on some of the busiest routes in the city over no-shows or delayed arrivals.

Galway City East local election candidate, Shane Forde, has said that if elected on June 7, one of first priorities as a new Councillor will be to have an investigation carried out into the acquisition by Galway City Council of its new Civic Offices at Crown Square.

Polling Day: 18 seats to be filled

Local independent candidate for the Moate Electoral Area, Michael O’Brien, has expressed deep outrage and disappointment following the large scale theft of his election posters.