Noel’s celebration once again as constituents take a shower
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Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara Bradley
Have you noticed your co-workers aren’t smelling of BO as much these days? Or that the whiff of cheesy-sock from the lads down the back of the church isn’t quite as pungent anymore?
Or maybe that ‘young wan’ you’re trying to chat-up in the corner of a dimly-lit late-bar reeks more of roses than ever before.
Constituents calling for advice are no longer stinking-out local TDs’ clinics either.
That’ll be because they’re washing more often now than ever, what with the water charges in limbo.
That’s the only conclusion, if you follow the logic of Galway West TD, Noel Grealish.
Noeleen, the Independent, feared the introduction of water charges would mean constituents of his wouldn’t take a bath as often as they might pre-Irish Water.
Personal hygiene would deteriorate, he warned.
“The day of the young woman spending 20 minutes under a shower before she goes out on a Saturday night will certainly become a thing of the past,” he said.
It must come as a great relief to Noeleen’s nose – and everyone else who values personal hygiene – that the water charges have been put into abeyance.
Last of Mohicans
Galway’s Ex Top Model, Nicola Davoren, could be the new ray of light for Renua.
The Headford woman, who dabbled in modelling long before turning her hand at politics, was an unsuccessful candidate for Renua in this year’s general election in Galway West.
But the party returned no seats at all nationally either and its representatives are deserting it like rats from a sinking ship.
The party’s leader, Lucinda Creighton, has stepped aside; so too Eddie Hobbs, its president, who has also announced he was turning his back on the party he set-up.
That leaves damn all still standing.
So, now poster-pin-up Nicola could become leader by default – because there’s nobody else left.
SPCs the new bathroom bidets
Community representatives of the City Councils’ strategic policy committees are a bit like bathroom bidets – useful in theory but most are ignored and underused.
Take Nuala Nolan, for example.
The former Labour Party City Councillor is a member of the Planning SPC. She represents the Galway Trades Council on the SPC and takes her role seriously.
It’s not altogether clear whether she – and other community reps on SPCs – are afforded the same respect.
This month, Councillors are discussing and voting on the Galway City Development Plan 2017-2023.
It is Galway’s planning blueprint for the next five years.
For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.