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Four first-time candidates in the Galway city council elections have experienced various forms of racist abuse while campaigning ahead of the June 7 poll.

Jarlath Feeney, long-standing Galway resident and entrepreneur, has declared his candidacy for the upcoming city council elections, with a progressive platform focused on the values of inclusivity, sustainability, and community well-being.

It is time for Galway City Council to look at applying a hotel room tax on all visitors as this would be a sensible revenue raising measure that could go directly into the delivery of services in Galway City. So said Mark Lohan, Sinn Féin candidate in this summer’s Galway City Council elections.

Councillor Níall McNelis will be seeking re-selection as the Labour Party’s candidate for Galway City’s west ward at a party convention in Knocknacarra on Thursday, March 19.

Joyce Mathias, Green Party candidate for the Galway City East in the upcoming council elections said she was moved to tears at the sight of her Mervue Church choir colleagues, the great turnout of the community, her friends, and all who attended her candidacy launch and fundraiser last week.

Cllr Laurence Fallon has confirmed that he will contest June’s local elections as an Independent candidate in the Athlone Electoral Area (Roscommon).

The announcement on Wednesday that Mayo has been recommended for a change-up from a four-seater to a five-seater Dáil Constituency, and that county boundaries be reinstated so that up to 6,000 votes from areas of South Mayo are returned to the electoral area, has well and truly started the ball rolling on General Election campaigning around the county.

Mayo Sinn Féin has selected its second candidate for next year’s local elections, Tony Geraghty, to run alongside Donna Hyland, who was selected for the party last month.

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