LABOUR'S TOM COSTELLO IS NEW MAYOR OF GALWAY

Date Published: 18-Jun-2007

Labour Councillor Tom Costello is the new Mayor of GalwayHe was elected under a Labour/ Fine Gael and Greens five year pact and succeeds Green Party Mayor Niall Ó BrolcháinThe election was unanimous as no other candidate was nominatedIt had been thought that Fine Gael's Padraig Conneely would be elected Deputy Mayor but in a surprise move the party put forward former Mayor Brian Walsh and he too was unanimously elected