NIALL O BROLCHAIN HOPEFUL OF SENATE SEAT

Date Published: 26-Jun-2007

Former Mayor of Galway, Green Party city councillor Niall O'Brolcháin is hopeful of a Taoiseach's nomination to the SenateThere's strong speculation that the Taoiseach will give two of his appointments to the Green party as part of the government dealFormer TD Dan Boyle who was the Green's chief negotiator for the programme for government is favourite for the first of those seatsHowever, it seems likely the second seat is a toss up between Galway's Niall O'Brolcháin and Wicklow's Deirdre de Búrca, both of whom lost out in last month's Dáil election