Local Election 2014

Tipsygypsy

I spent the yesterday evening looking at my local area nominees online (Athenry-Oranmore). I'm involved in a group called Galway Educate Together Second Level Start-up (does what it says on the tin) and I wanted to email all nominees to see if they would be supporting our efforts, this for me is a deal-breaker. There are 16 nominees in my area, I could only find working email addresses for 13 of them. Thus far only two have responded, Clement Shevlin and Jim cuddy (both very favorably and they will be getting my votes - they would have been front runners anyway). Only six of the sixteen have twitter accounts (that I can find) many of them don't have facebook pages.
I could pick most of these people out of a line-up but found it very hard to get actual information on a lot of them. Very frustrating. Do these people actually WANT to get elected?

Mars Bar

*Disclaimer - I am a friend of Karey but I haven't been involved with her canvassing campaign at all.*

She has uploaded a short video of what she hopes to bring to the Tuam area.

Is there any other Tuam candidates with short youtube videos I could watch so I'm not going in voting blind tomorrow?

Birroc

Are there any DDI candidates in Galway?

bagels

Mars Bar wrote: »

*Disclaimer - I am a friend of Karey but I haven't been involved with her canvassing campaign at all.*

She has uploaded a short video of what she hopes to bring to the Tuam area.

Is there any other Tuam candidates with short youtube videos I could watch so I'm not going in voting blind tomorrow?

You won't go far wrong by voting for the true Independents who have the best interests of the people at heart. Facebook is hopping with all the posts in favour of Shaun Cunniffe, Tp Niland, Theresa Killeen-Kelly, Karey McHugh and Michael Fitzmaurice. Whatever else you do, please don't vote for the RUIN TUAM gang.

Red Pepper

Where can I find live updates of the Galway council council elections?

Conmaicne Mara

EAFC_rdfl wrote: »

Thanks for that. We are getting it through satellite currently and its disappointing at best. Didn't realise it can be done via RF too. You recommend I take it? lightnet is their name it seems, but thats shortened from lighthouse networks as you say.
Does weather have any effect on connection?
I must drop into them so, only up the road. I might even check if they have any vacancies!

Sorry, only saw this now. Yeah I've been with them a few years, good service. Got little to compare them with where I live but it does me

kaizersoze

Red Pepper wrote: »

Where can I find live updates of the Galway council council elections?

http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/69773/galway-county-council-local-election-count

Conmaicne Mara

On independent.ie it looks as if an independent has been elected to Connemara, I'm thinking Thomas Welby, but has anyone more information on that?

Red Pepper

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

On independent.ie it looks as if an independent has been elected to Connemara, I'm thinking Thomas Welby, but has anyone more information on that?

Yes Welby elected on 1st count. Details here;

http://www.rte.ie/news/election2014/#/local/A11

GalwayMagpie

Interesting Results for Galway.

SF and Ind have take the new seats in the city.
SF, Ind and FF taking the new seats in the county.
Labour get obliterated and FG loose a little ground.

Galway City Council (18/18) COMPLETED

2014
Ind 6
FG 4
FF 3
SF 3
LAB 2

2009
FG 3
FF 3
LAB 5
SF 0
IND 4



Galway City Central (6)

Mike Cubbard (Ind)
Ollie Crowe (FF)
Billy Cameron (Lab)
Frank Fahy (FG)
Anna Marley (SF)
Padraig Conneely (FG)

Galway City East (6)

Terry O’Flaherty (Ind)
Declan McDonnell (Ind)
Michael John Crowe (FF)
Mairead Farrell (SF)
Noel Larkin (Ind)
John Walsh (FG)

Galway City West (6)

Donal Lyons (Ind)
Catherine Connolly (Ind)
Niall McNelis (Lab)
Pearce Flannery (FG)
Cathal Ó Conchúir (SF)
Peter Keane (FF)

Galway County Council (39/39) COMPLETED

2014
Ind 12
FG 12
FF 12
SF 3
LAB 0

2009
FG 13
FF 7
LAB 1
SF 1
IND 8


Athenry-Oranmore (7)

Peter Feeney (FG)
Jim Cuddy (Ind)
Malachy Noone (FF)
James Charity (Ind)
Frank Kearney (FG)
Gabriel Cronnelly (SF)
Martina Kinane (FF)

Ballinasloe (6)

Tim Broderick (Ind)
Dermot Connolly (SF)
Michael Connolly (FF)
Aidan Donohue (FG)
Michael Finnerty (FG)
Donal Burke (FF)

Conamara (9)

Thomas Welby (Ind)
Niamh Byrne (FG)
Seosamh Ó’Cualáin (IND)
Seán Ó Tuairisg (FF)
Eileen Mannion (FG)
Tomás Ó Curraoin (Ind)
Tom Healy (SF)
Noel Thomas (FF)
Seamus Walsh (FF)

Loughrea (8)

Gerry Finnerty (FF)
Anne Rabbitte (FF)
Michael ‘Mogie’ Maher (FG)
Pat Hynes (Ind)
Jimmy McLearn (FG)
Joe Byrne (FG)
Michael Fahey (Ind)
Shane Donnellan (FF)

Tuam (9)

Seán Canney (Ind)
Peter Roche (FG)
Michael Fitzmaurice (Ind)
Mary Hoade (FF)
Tom McHugh (FG)
Karey McHugh (Ind)
Shaun Cunniffe (Ind)
Peter Keaveney (FG)
Donagh Mark Killilea (FF)

nuac

GalwayMagpie wrote: »

Never heard of them, but I think having a word like "Fail" in the party name it tells me all I need to know about them.

Wouldn't you agree?

The word is "fáil" not "fail"