Ardrahan farmer to be co-opted onto Galway County Council today

Published: 28 April 2025

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM

The final Galway County Council seat left vacant since February’s Seanad elections will be filled today.

Lawrence, or Laurie Harney, a farmer and agricultural contractor from Ardrahan is to be co-opted at today’s meeting at County Hall.

Mr. Harney, who is a former chair of the Fine Gael East Galway Constituency Executive, was selected at an uncontested convention earlier this month.

He’ll take the Gort/Kinvara seat left vacant by now Senator PJ Murphy later this morning.

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