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County Council’s major power play

Thirty councillors will share the spoils of power on Galway County Council after Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and six Indep...

Galway’s first Black Councillor – as Independent Ireland arrive as new force

The election of Galway’s first ever Black local representative and the emergence of a new force in local politics wer...

Ó Tuairisg squeezed out on final count in Conamara South

There was drama right to the end of counting in the Conamara South – with Fianna Fáil first timer Daragh Ó Tuairisg l...

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Ó Cualáin loses his Conamara South seat

Sitting Councillor Dáithí Ó Cualáin exited the election race at the count centre this lunchtime, when his elected colleague Padraig Mac an Iomaire’...

Mac an Iomaire elected as McKinstry loses his Council seat

Pádraig Mac an Iomaire (FG) has been elected on Count 8 in the Conamara South LEA - a count after sitting Councillor Alastair McKinstry was elimina...

Connemara South gets down to the business end

Nobody has joined Cllr Noel Thomas as yet in Connemara South, the last constituency to be counted in County Galway. Seven candidates have now be...

Athenry/Oranmore result stands after full check

Galway Returning Officer Michael Owens confirmed at 12.28am on Monday morning that following a re-examination of all the ballot papers for the Athe...

Counting ends until the morning

Counting in Conamara South, Galway’s remaining Local Electoral Area, has been called off until the morning. A decision on the recount for Athenr...

Thomas takes the first seat

Independent Ireland candidate and returning councillor Noel Thomas has put it up to his former party by topping the poll at Connemara South. The...


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