City Councillor withdraws from European substitutes panel election
Galway Bay fm newsroom - A city councillor has withdrawn from tomorrow's election to the Labour party European substitutes' panel.Councillor Niall McNelis was one of six representatives from the Labour party's Midlands/North-West constituency due to seek nomination at tomorrow's selection convention in Westmeath.
The subs panel consists of five places, and provides a substitute for the party's elected representative in Europe.Galway East Senator Lorraine Higgins is the only candidate to go forward to tomorrow's Midlands/North-West convention.Councillor McNelis was due to go up against Meath party members James Doorley and Gerard Gibbons, Kildare native Ciara Galvin and Westmeath councillor Denis Leonard.As a result, all five representatives are guaranteed a place on the substitutes' panel, and a party vote will decide the order of merit.The selection convention takes place at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Mullingar Park Hotel in Mullingar, County Westmeath.