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Previously holding the title of youngest person to be elected to council, Athenry-Oranmore councillor, Albert Dolan, has broken records yet again, being named the youngest Cathaoirleach of Galway County Council on Friday, June 21.

The prestigious annual Irish Law Awards event took place on Friday June 14 hosting in excess of 500 members of the legal profession for an event in the Convention Centre, Dublin. The Irish law awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham Corporation, recognises the remarkable achievements of legal professionals across Ireland. There are 19 judges on the judging panel, many of whom are members of the profession themselves. The master of ceremonies on the night was Ivan Yates, the well-known broadcaster, businessman and former politician.

Count centres are like catnip for political reporters: we just can’t resist visiting them. And politicians – usually button-lipped around pol corrs – tend to want to chat about everything under the sun when ballots are being sorted, as the uniquely democratic adrenalin of fear and anticipation courses through their party-political veins.

Senator Lisa Chambers, Fianna Fáil’s European Election candidate for the Midlands North West, has issued a response to comments by Green Party Senator Pauline O’Reilly regarding Senator Chambers’ position on floating offshore wind energy development off the west coast of Ireland.

As the All Ireland Drama Festival reaches its conclusion, local councillor Aengus O’Rourke has paid due tribute to artist Ruth Ryan whose recent portrait of PJ Lenihan now adorns the wall of the Dean Crowe Theatre.

In a move widely expected for some time, outspoken councillors Noel Thomas and Seamus Walsh have joined the newly formed Independent Ireland party and will stand on that ticket for the forthcoming local elections.

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness. And so it was with busy councillor Alan Cheevers three years ago. When it was revealed that he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer, he feared the worst. In the same period of time, he had lost two uncles to the killer disease...and on the day he was told himself, he feared having to break the news to his father that the illness had once again visited the family.

A memorial walk in honour of former Athlone Fine Gael politician Nicky McFadden will take place on East Saturday morning (March 30).

Six applicants have been selected in response to Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc’s open call for creatives to perform stories of Galway past and present.

Two prominent Galway Fine Gael politicians handed in their notice ahead of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s shock resignation yesterday.