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A local politician has put a proposal to the Fine Gael parliamentary party seeking to bring forward emergency legislation to advance flood works in Claregalway, Caherlea, Carnmore and Oranmore.

A local politician has highlighted the importance of mandatory reporting of child abuse in the wake of new statistics which indicate that one in two people who contact Galway Rape Crisis Centre for help are survivors of childhood abuse.

Brian Cowen and his colleagues should have nothing to fear from John McGuinness’s new book, but readers can expect an ‘honest review’ of the controversial local TD’s political life, the author confirmed last evening.

A local politician is urging the HSE West to openly discuss its cost-cutting proposals with the public before they are set in stone.

A website poking fun at all things Mayo including its people, politicians, towns, and landscapes is causing offence to locals.

A local politician took a plunge for charity at the weekend by jumping from an aeroplane at a height of over 10,000ft.

University Hospital Galway has been forced to slash its budget for aggressive cancer treatment for end of life patients by €3 million in a bid to address the €22 million overall budget deficit it is facing this year, a local politician has claimed.

Members of Kilkenny Borough Council expressed their sympathy to the Aylward family following the death of Mrs Kitty Aylward, the mother of local politician Bobby Aylward TD and Liam Aylward MEP and the widow of the late Fianna Fáil Senator Bob Aylward.

When the ballot papers are marked from first preference to last in next June’s local elections, there will be one familiar name and face missing from in the Castlebar area. After 34 years of service on Castlebar Town Council (previously the Urban District Council) and 17 years on Mayo County Council, Labour and Castlebar’s Johnny Mee has decided to step away from the council chambers and leave the political scene to a younger generation.

Many familiar faces will, once again, hit the campaign trail next spring in the run-up to the May local elections for what promises to be a formidable battle, as candidates old and new, compete for coveted council seats.