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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.

The establishment of a dedicated Galway City Taskforce would be positive news that would be broadly welcomed, a Fine Gael General Election candidate has said.

Taoiseach Simon Harris is adamant that the current government will run its full term until 2025. It is a blunt and difficult promise to unwind, although the current spat between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Green Party coalition TDs about taxing underutilised residential land may be the loose thread that unravels this current government prematurely.

An Taoiseach Simon Harris has appointed Galway Senator Seán Kyne as the Seanad’s deputy leader and leader of the Fine Gael group.

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.

Fianna Fáil has confirmed that seven candidates have been added to the party’s ticket to contest their respective Roscommon electoral areas in the upcoming local elections on June 7.

An increase in funding is needed to deliver more playgrounds that will benefit communities in Galway City, Fine Gael Councillor and local election candidate Clodagh Higgins has said.

Senator Seán Kyne is urging Galway businesses to take advantage of a new grant scheme to directly help small and local businesses with costs they are facing.

Fianna Fail is to hold their 1916 Easter Commemoration events in the city this weekend. The anniversary Mass for 1916 volunteers will be held at 11am at St Patrick’s Church at Forster Street.

Local councillor, Frankie Keena, has this reflected upon the second anniversary of the Russian invasion on Ukraine, as marches in support of Ukraine took place in Athlone and throughout the country this past weekend.