Moylough councillor to change electoral area for next local election
Galway Bay fm newsroom - A Tuam area councillor has announced that he will seek a nomination on the Fianna Fáil ticket for the Ballinasloe area in next year's local elections.
Councillor Michael Connolly from Moylough made the decision to change his area due partly to the decision by his colleague Tomás Mannion not to run for Ballinasloe in the next election.Councillor Connolly, who has been a councillor since 1999, says he feels that there is a large number of potential Fianna Fáil candidates for the Tuam area, but less for Ballinasloe.The Fianna Fáil selection convention for the Tuam area takes place tonight. (4/11)Among the hopefuls to be selected for the party ticket are sitting Councillor Mary Hoade, Former Mayor of Tuam Eamonn Kitt, Donach Killilea - the son of former MEP Mark Killilea, John Martin Griffin from Ballymoe, Nora Fahy from Classaroe and Martin Gilligan from Glenamaddy.