Can Sheridan and Marley take a seat each in Central?

Sun, May 25, 2014

Can the Green's Sheamus Sheridan and Sinn Féin's Anna Marley take the last two seats in Galway City Central, capitalising on the collapse of Padraig Conneely's vote and the modest performance of Nicola Deacy?

Galway City West - the complete results

Sun, May 25, 2014

Returning officer Gary McMahon declared Niall McNelis and Pearce Flannery elected having exceeded the quota and Cathal Ó Conchúir and Peter Keane elected, not having reached the quota.

‘I don’t set out to court favour - I’m a straight talker’

Sun, May 25, 2014

The decline of family run businesses in Galway city, the housing crisis, and the less women elected to Galway City Council than in the last Local Election; for Independent councillor Catherine Connolly there is a lot to be concerned about.

‘Fianna Fáil are still in the sin bin’ - Ollie Crowe

Sun, May 25, 2014

Ollie Crowe has conceded that Fianna Fáil will only be coming back with three seats in the new Galway City Council, the same number the party had at the start of this election campaign.

‘We need a progressive alliance in City Hall’ - Marley

Sun, May 25, 2014

Sinn Féin’s new councillor for Galway City Central, Anna Marley, is determined to build a ‘progressive alliance’ so the new council is one where Left-wing values are heard, not ignored.

‘It wasn’t pretty, but we did it’ - Brian Walsh

Sun, May 25, 2014

“The people are angry and the top level of the party will have to accept the verdict of the people and listen to the message they are sending out.”

'When you're elected, you put the people first'

Sat, May 24, 2014

"I hope that everybody elected to City Hall has both the city and their ward at the heart of all they do, when you're elected you're elected by the people and you put them first."

Galway City East Count - the complete results

Sat, May 24, 2014

Returning Officer Gary McMahon deemed Noel Larkin and John Walsh elected without reaching the quota.

Galway City Central - the complete results

Sat, May 24, 2014

Returning Officer Gary McMahon deemed Conneely, Fahy, Marley elected without reaching the quota.

‘The way people vote in local elections has changed’ - Mike Crowe

Sat, May 24, 2014

The way people vote in local elections, and their motivations, have, changed considerably, and it is a trend mainstream parties need to take heed of.

Galway candidates not at the Euro races

Thu, May 22, 2014

Galway’s two EU candidates are set to be no more than also-rans and spectators at a race which will be dominated by Ulster, north-Connacht, and Leinster politicians.

Galway city - voters to dole out punishment and rewards

Thu, May 22, 2014

Independents, female candidates, and Fianna Fáil stand poised as the main winners when the votes for the 2014 Local Elections in Galway city are counted this weekend; but Labour is fearful it could be reduced to just two councillors in City Hall.

While Labour have acknowledged it will lose at least one of its current five seats, the party is fighting a massive rearguard action to come back with at least three seats in the face of voter anger, poor poll results, and self-inflicted, bad strategy, decisions.

FF and Independents to catch up on FG in the county?

Thu, May 22, 2014

Fine Gael looks set to continue its current dominance of Galway County Council, but Fianna Fáil and Independents are set to have a solid election and may even narrow the gap with the governing party.

The county remains a wasteland for the left with Labour unlikely to take a seat, and Sinn Féin only having the prospect of realistically taking one in Ballinasloe, with a small chance of a second in Connemara, although its rival party, Republican Sinn Féin, looks set to retain the seat it won in 2009.

Who will win and lose at tomorrow’s polls?

Thu, May 22, 2014

All of the declarations have been finalised for tomorrow’s ‘Galway County Council Local Summer Festival’ which will see 74 runners and riders go to post for what promises to be a day of high excitement for owners and trainers alike.

Could AAA’s Tommy Holohan upset the odds in Galway City West?

Thu, May 01, 2014

With three weeks to go to polling, there is much to play for across each of the three Galway city electoral wards. Poster campaigns are now in full flow and candidates are falling over each other for the affections of voters on the doorsteps.

No Claregalway Relief Road - what is Noel Grealish to do?

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Back in 2008, an article gracing the pages of this newspaper appraised scepticism surrounding the ability of Galway West TD Noel Grealish to “land the big road” as promised prior to the General Election of the previous year.

Why Galway needs a directly-elected mayor

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

With the prospect of a directly-elected mayor for Dublin still a possibility - Environment Minister Phil Hogan said there will be no plebiscite in May but the four Dublin councils can reconsider the issue after the Local Elections - Insider contemplates what such a role could bring to Galway city.

Grassroots

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

As readers of this page are well aware, there are two elections due on May 23, the Local Elections, and the election to that most useless of institutions, the so- called European Parliament.

Galway City East - odds are good for a first SF seat since 2004

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

John Mulholland and Keith Finnegan recently discussed the bookmaker’s odds for all the local election candidates across the city on Galway Bay FM.

EU elections - why would anyone bother?

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

Seeing the occasional poster of a local election candidate advertising public meetings on various issues of concern, Insider noted that, within a month’s time, towns, villages, and the countryside will be radically altered as the election poster blitz takes hold.

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