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Fianna Fáil’s Josie Forde, a first-time candidate and the party’s only female runner in Galway, is one of six new councillors who survived the field of 52 runners on a day when her party lost its position as the largest on the local authority, going down from five to four seats. Her 665 first preferences got her in on the 14th count.

Fianna Fáil has confirmed that seven candidates have been added to the party’s ticket to contest their respective Roscommon electoral areas in the upcoming local elections on June 7.

An increase in funding is needed to deliver more playgrounds that will benefit communities in Galway City, Fine Gael Councillor and local election candidate Clodagh Higgins has said.

Senator Seán Kyne is urging Galway businesses to take advantage of a new grant scheme to directly help small and local businesses with costs they are facing.

Fianna Fail is to hold their 1916 Easter Commemoration events in the city this weekend. The anniversary Mass for 1916 volunteers will be held at 11am at St Patrick’s Church at Forster Street.

Local councillor, Frankie Keena, has this reflected upon the second anniversary of the Russian invasion on Ukraine, as marches in support of Ukraine took place in Athlone and throughout the country this past weekend.

Councillor John Dolan, the sitting Fine Gael elected representative in the Athlone electoral area, has been selected to run again in the Local Elections which will be held in June 2024.

Following a failure to meet with the Taoiseach at the Moycullen / Mhaigh Cuilinn bypass on Monday, members of the Galway branch of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign travelled to the Dáil yesterday (Wednesday) in an effort to deliver its ceasefire petition signed by more than 10,000 people.

Local TD and Government Chief Whip, Hildegarde Naughton and Seantor Sean Kyne, have confirmed that the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD, will officially open the new N59 Moycullen Bypass on December 11. In January, 2022, Minister Naughton had turned the sod on the project which involved the construction of 4.3km of new national secondary road, improvement to 3km of local roads, 1.7 km of accommodation roads and 10 structures.