GALWAY IMMIGRANTS COULD DETERMINE LOCAL ELECTION OUTCOME

Date Published: 25-Nov-2007

There are now enough immigrants in Galway city and County that they could have a major impact on the outcome of the next Local ElectionThe recently published draft electoral register for 2007/2008 shows that there are over 19 thousand non-Irish and non-UK adults living in GalwayAlmost 11 thousand of these are in the city and 35 percent of them have registered to voteThe remaining 8 thousand are in the county and over 20 percent of those have registered to vote according to a weekend newspaper report