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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.

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.

All signs point to a Fianna Fáil-Labour-Sinn Féin coalition with support from Independent councillors to run the Galway City Council for the next five years.

All signs point to a Fianna Fáil-Labour-Sinn Féin coalition with support from Independent councillors to run the Galway City Council for the next five years.

John McDonagh, Labour candidate in the forthcoming local elections, has called for the urgent Installation of flood defenses in the Claddagh along the Quay, that would be both effective and visually acceptable. McDonagh suggests consultations should held with the local community to determine how best to prepare for the inevitable flooding and what defenses would be best to protect residents and properties in the area.

Polling Day: 18 seats to be filled

John McDonagh, Labour Party Local Election candidate in the Central Ward, which includes the Bohermore and Prospect Hill area of the city, has expressed his concerns at the lack of attention being given to this area by Galway City Council.

John McDonagh, Labour Party local election for Galway City Central Ward, has expressed his concerns at the proposed plans for a student housing development comprised of four storey high blocks adjacent to the long standing residential community of Crestwood in the Coolough area.

The new Galway City Council must, as a matter of priority, address the serious issue of Galway's traffic gridlock." Galway City West Sinn Féin candidate Cathal Ó Conchúir has said.

John McDonagh, Labour local election candidate for Galway City Central Ward, has criticised the City Council for its lack of action in tackling the issue of unoccupied City Council housing properties in the city and its failure in making these properties available in a timely manner during a continuing housing crisis.