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A mixture of familiar faces, dynasties, and at least one new name characterise the make up of Fine Gael’s 2014 Local Election ticket for Galway city.

John Mulholland is set to return to the Galway City Council as a councillor for the Galway City West Ward, four years after he dramatically lost his seat in the 2009 Local Elections.

Brian Walsh’s expulsion from the Fine Gael parliamentary party, and possible expulsion from the party proper, could pave the way for former Mayor Hildegarde Naughton to become the FG candidate in the city at the next General Election.

GALWAY TENOR Frank Naughton is bringing his seasonal show, Christmas Carols, to the Town Hall Theatre, on Thursday, December 20 at 8pm.

THE PATRICIAN Musical society will hold its diamond jubilee Christmas concert in The Town Hall Theatre on Friday November 30 at 8pm.

Minister Phil Hogan’s eyes were still adjusting to natural light last week after spending the duration of the recent referendum campaign locked in the basement of Government Buildings.

A special charity event for all the family takes place at the Shantalla Park (Sliding Rock) on Saturday.

Galway shops, restaurants, and services could be major beneficiaries from the world popular cruise liner business once the new city port is up and running. Planning permission for phase one of the development is being submitted tomorrow.

RED BIRD, an up and coming youth-led arts organisation, will hold SAMPLE, an exhibition of its works, which opens in the Galway Arts Centre tomorrow at 6pm.

It is perhaps quite appropriate that Mayor Hildegarde Naughton, herself a schoolteacher by profession, brought some of the city’s young people into the Council chambers this week to launch her novel initiative Know Your Council, which is aimed at getting young people interested in and giving them a knowledge of the workings of local government. At such an age, the happenings at City Hall on alternative Monday evenings are perhaps the furthest things from the minds of these youngsters, but it is a novel way of introducing the city’s youngsters into the processes that, for better or worse, determine how public services are overseen in the city.