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2019 Galway County Council Election
A Galway County Council election was held in County Galway in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 39 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 7 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a maximum LEA size of seven councillors, which three of the 2014 LEAs exceeded. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census. This is expected to be the last election to Galway County Council as plans were announced in 2018 to merge the County Council and the City Council by 2021. Fianna Fáil had a very good election, winning 3 additional seats and increasing their vote by over 5%. Fine Gael lost a seat to fall to 11 but also increased their vote. The Greens gained 1 seat i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galway County Council
Galway County Council ( ga, Comhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe) is the authority responsible for local government in County Galway, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 39 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (Chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Jim Cullen. The county seat is at Áras an Chontae (County Hall) in Galway city. History Galway County Council dates from 1899, created by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which introduced county councils to Ireland. It took over the local administration until then carried out by county grand juries and county at large presentment sessions, which included the maintenance of highways and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisling Dolan
Aisling Dolan (born 1975/76) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Senator since June 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. Political career Dolan was elected to Galway County Council as an Independent candidate at the 2019 local elections. She joined Fine Gael in November 2019. Dolan was an unsuccessful Fine Gael candidate in the 2020 general election for the Roscommon–Galway constituency. She was appointed to the Seanad in June 2020. Evelyn Francis Parsons was co-opted to Dolan's seat on Galway County Council Galway County Council ( ga, Comhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe) is the authority responsible for local government in County Galway, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housin ... following her nomination to the Seanad. Personal life Born in Pollboy, Ballinasloe, Dolan attended Ardscoil Mhuire and NUI Galway and received a postgraduate diploma in Applied Languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irish Times
''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Ireland. Though formed as a Protestant Irish nationalists, Protestant nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners it had become the voice of Unionism in Ireland, British unionism in Ireland. It is no longer a pro unionist paper; it presents itself politically as "liberal and progressivism, progressive", as well as being centre-right on economic issues. The editorship of the newspaper from 1859 until 1986 was controlled by the Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish Protestant minority, only gaining its first nominal Irish Catholic editor 127 years into its existence. The paper's most prominent columnists include writer and arts commentator Fintan O'Toole and satirist Miriam Lord. The late Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colm Keaveney
Colm Keaveney (born 11 January 1971) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was elected as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency at the 2011 general election, He sat as an Independent TD after losing the Labour whip in December 2012. He resigned from the party in June 2013, and joined Fianna Fáil in December 2013. He is a former Chairman of the Labour Party. He lost his seat at the 2016 general election and was elected to Galway County Council in 2019. Origins He is originally from the village of Garrafrauns, in north County Galway. He was educated at St.Patrick's P.S. and St Jarlath's College in Tuam. Political career Keaveney was an unsuccessful candidate in Galway East at the 1997 general election. He was first elected to Tuam Town Council in the 1999 local elections. In 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom McHugh (mayor)
Tom McHugh, County Councillor and Mayor of County Galway 2009-10. A native of Kilcloughans, Tuam, McHugh had worked in the construction and trade industries since the 1960s. He was elected to Galway Council in June 1999, and served as Mayor of County Galway for the term 2009-10. See also * Ruaidhri Mac Aedha, lord of Clann Cosgraigh, died 1170. * Máel Sechlain Mac Áeda, Archbishop of Tuam, died 1348. * Paddy McHugh Patrick McHugh (born 23 January 1953) is a former Irish politician. He was an Independent Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency. McHugh was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election, getting a 15.8% share of the vot ..., T.D., born 1953. External links * http://www.galway.ie/en/AboutYourCouncil/Councillors/MeettheCouncillors/Name,601,en.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20090622123045/http://www.galwaynews.ie/7888-tuam039s-tom-mc-hugh-elected-mayor-county-galway * https://archive.today/20130217183834/http://www.galwaynews.ie/12048- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Hoade
Mary Hoade is a Fianna Fáil Councillor for the Tuam Local Electoral Area on Galway County Council. A native of Headford she was first elected in the 1999 Irish local elections and was re-elected again in the following elections in 2004. Following boundary changes she moved electoral areas to Tuam and was successfully returned again in the 2009 Irish local elections. In 2014 she polled 1,886 first preferences and was elected to the fourth seat exceeding the quota. After these elections, she was selected as Mayor of Galway as part of a Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael pact. On 28 May 2015, she was selected as one of three candidates to contest the Galway West constituency, along with Éamon Ó Cuív and former Galway City Councillor, John Connolly. At the 2016 general election, Hoade won only 3.4% of the first-preference votes In certain ranked-voting systems, a first-preference vote (or first preference, 1st preference, or primary vote) is the individual voter's first choice among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuam
Tuam ( ; ga, Tuaim , meaning 'mound' or 'burial-place') is a town in Ireland and the second-largest settlement in County Galway. It is west of the midlands of Ireland, about north of Galway city. Humans have lived in the area since the Bronze Age while the historic period dates from the sixth century. The town became increasingly important in the 11th and 12th centuries in political and religious aspects of Ireland. The market-based layout of the town and square indicates the importance of commerce. The red Latin cross of the Coat of arms is representative of Tuam's importance as an ecclesiastical centre. The double green flaunches at the sides, represent the two hills or shoulders of Tuam's ancient name, . The two crowns recall the High Kings, Tairrdelbach and Ruaidrí, who were based in Tuam. The broken chariot wheel is a reference to the foundation of the monastic town when St Jarlath's chariot wheel broke. The motto of the town, ''Tuath Thuama go Buan'', translates a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy McClearn
Jimmy McClearn is an Irish politician serving as a Galway County Councillor and the former Mayor of County Galway from 2010 to 2011. A native of Killimor, McClern is a member of Fine Gael. He defeated Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Gri ...’s Dermot Connolly for the position of Mayor in January 2010. A previous County Mayor, Eddie Haverty, was also a native of Killimor. McClearn served on the county council from 1991 to 2004, and again from 2009, for the Loughrea area. He is married to Noreen and has three children. External links * http://www.galway.ie/en/AboutYourCouncil/Councillors/MeettheMayor/Name,10454,en.html * http://www.galwaynews.ie/13437-county%E2%80%99s-new-mayor-fulfils-lifelong-ambition * http://www.portumna.net/news/localpapers/100623.h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael 'Moegie' Maher
Michael 'Moegie' Maher is an Irish politician, who served was the Mayor of County Galway from 2011 to 2012, and again since June 2022. A native of Loughrea, Maher entered politics as a member of Loughrea Town Council in 2004, joining Galway County Council in 2007. Re-elected in 2009, he became a full-time councillor in 2010. In June, 2011, he replaced Jimmy McClearn Jimmy McClearn is an Irish politician serving as a Galway County Councillor and the former Mayor of County Galway from 2010 to 2011. A native of Killimor, McClern is a member of Fine Gael. He defeated Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eO ... as Mayor of County Galway. Maher advocates volunteer work, and supports both the Order of Malta and the Scouting movement, being a former County Secretary for Scouting Ireland. Maher is a supporter of Connacht Rugby, stewarding at home games in the Sportsground. References External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20110619034645/http://www.galwaynews.ie/20016- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loughrea
Loughrea ( ; ) is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The town lies to the north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains, and the lake from which it takes its name. The town's cathedral, St Brendan's, dominates the town's skyline. The town has increased in population in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Although the town also serves as a commuter town for the city of Galway, it also remains an independent market town. Loughrea is the fourth most populous settlement in County Galway, with a population of 5,556 as of 2016. Name The town takes its name from ''Loch Riach'' ( Irish Riach being a variant of 'Riabhach' meaning grey/ speckled) The town is situated on the northern shore of the lake. The lake's Irish name is used in the name of the local Irish-language multi-faith primary school: Gaelscoil Riabhach. The town is located within an area that was historically called Trícha Máenmaige. History Pre-Norman The town is located within an area that was his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinvara
Kinvara or Kinvarra () is a sea port village in the southwest of County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of Kinvarradoorus in the north of the barony of Kiltartan. Kinvarra is also an electoral division. Geography The village lies at the head of Kinvara Bay, known in Irish as ''Cinn Mhara'' (or more recently ''Cuan Cinn Mhara''), an inlet in the south-eastern corner of Galway Bay, from which the village took its name. It lies in the north of the barony of Kiltartan, close to the border with The Burren in County Clare, in the province of Munster. The townland of Kinvarra lies in the civil parish of Kinvarradoorus. This civil parish is bounded on the north by Galway Bay, on the east by the parishes of Ballinderreen (Killeenavarra) and Ardrahan, on the south by the parishes of Gort (Kilmacduagh) and Boston (Kilkeedy) and on the west by the parishes of Carron and New Quay (Abbey and Oughtmama). It is roughly coextensive with the Ó hEidhin territory of Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
