GALWAY GREEN PARTY MEMBER PREVENTED FROM VIDEOING CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Date Published: 15-Dec-2008

A Galway Green Party member was last evening [mon dec 15] prevented from videoing the Galway City Council meetingJames Hope said he attempted to film the meeting because the lead in the water crisis was on the agendaThe proposal to allow the meeting to be videoed, with the recording to be uploaded to the internet, was made by Councillor Michael CroweHowever, the proposal was defeated by ten votes to four, with one abstentionDuring the summer a proposal by Green cllr Niall Ó Brólchain to webcast council meetings was deferred in order to investigate the cost