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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.

Polling Day: 18 seats to be filled

Nine seats, 18 candidates. The date for nominations now past, local election aspirants can look forward to polling day on Friday, June 7, as constituents within the Athlone-Moate Municial District cast their votes choosing the elected representatives they deem best suited to represent the electoral area for the next five year term.

Sinn Féin MEP for Midlands North-West, Chris MacManus, has hit out at Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael for continued lip service to the people of the West and North-West when it comes to regional imbalance.

Sinn Féin local election candidate for the Athenry-Oranmore LEA, Louis O’Hara, has said that there is a pressing need for a local transport service to connect rural areas around Athenry to the town. O’Hara said that local residents are crying out for such a service and that it would help to combat rural isolation in the local community.

Last year 1,368 affordable homes were delivered across all local authorities in the state. Galway City Council did not deliver any affordable homes, according to SF candidate Mark Lohan.

“As of this week, the number of voids in the city council housing stock is at 38. These are boarded-up homes that are empty and awaiting works before they can be assigned to families and individuals on our housing waiting list,” said Mark Lohan, Sinn Féin candidate for city council.

The Sinn Féin MEP for the Midlands North West, Chris MacManus, has hit the campaign trail with county council candidates, Stiofán de Lundres Ó Dálaigh (Tuam LEA), Tom Healy (Connemara North) and Louis O’Hara (Athenry-Oranmore).