COUNTY COUNCIL EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIANS IN GAZA

Date Published: 13-Jan-2009

Galway County Council has expressed its "solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza."Councillors met yesterday to hold preliminary discussions on the submissions to the Draft County Development Plan.At the meeting, a motion was unanimously passed calling on Israel "to immediately desist from their brutal and tyrannical abuse of power".The motion was proposed by Sinn Féin Councillor, Dermot Connolly and was seconded by Councillor James Joyce.