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Ciaran Cannon (FG) is retiring after 13 years, while independent TD, Corofin’s canny Seán Canney, first elected as a county councillor in Tuam 20 years ago, should retain his seat with some ease. So although now a four-seater, in reality Galway East is still a scrap for three.

Fergal Landy has been added to the list of candidates contesting the General Election in Galway East as an independent/non-party candidate. Fergal lives in Maree with his partner and three children. He has worked in public service with children, young people, families, individuals, and communities for over 20 years.

Independent councillor for the city centre, Mike Cubbard, and City East’s Labour Party councillor Helen Ogbu, have confirmed they intend to run in the Galway West Dáil constituency if Taoiseach Simon Harris opts for a November general election.

Representatives from the Family Resource Centres National Forum (FRCNF) met with members of the Oireachtas at a briefing event in Buswells Hotel, Dublin, to urge them to adequately fund community services in Galway in this year’s Budget, so that they can provide the level of support services that are desperately needed in local communities. Fergal Landy, CEO of the FRCNF, is living in Oranmore, Galway and he presented their pre-Budget asks to elected representatives.

Three sitting MEPs and ten other European election candidates in the Midlands North-West constituency have pledged their support to re-open of the Sligo-Galway rail link.

Half of the 27 candidates who have declared for the Midlands-North-West European Parliament constituency set out their stalls at two similar events this week with very different outcomes.

Fergal Landy, Labour’s Midlands North-West candidate for the upcoming European elections, has urged the University of Galway to ensure a thorough and speedy review of its links with Israeli academic institutions in the face of an ongoing war in Gaza that has seen thousands of civilians killed and injured, as well as deliberate attacks on hospitals, food supplies, schools and universities.

Helen Ogbu, the Labour Party candidate for Galway City East canvassed with Labour Party Leader Ivana Bacik to Roscam, where she spearheaded canvassing efforts alongside party officials and members, including Cllr. Niall McNelis and Fergal Landy, the Labour Party European elections candidate for Midland North West, among others.

Chief Executive Officer of the Family Resource Centre National Forum, Fergal Landy, has been selected to run in the Oranmore-Athenry local electoral area for the Labour Party.