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What is going on in Fine Gael? No, not all the fuss about a new leader. And not the sitting TDs jumping ship and refusing to run again.

First-time local election candidates often underestimate the task ahead of them.

How long before a pedestrian or cyclist is mowed down and maimed – or worse – metres away from Galway’s brand spanking-new pedestrian and cyclist bridge?

Bradley Bytes – a sort of political column with Dara Bradley Three weeks ago today (Friday), this newspaper revealed the mounting cost to Galway City Council of providing two ‘parklets’ on two city streets. And still the local authority has remained silent. No comment from Galway City Council. And no comment from City Hall to […]

Bradley Bytes – a sort of political column with Dara Bradley Brendan McGrath’s greatest achievement in Galway was also his biggest failure. When assessing the legacy of the Chief Executive of Galway City Council’s 10-year tenure, it is impossible to ignore Galway 2020. Without McGrath, Galway would not have been European Capital of Culture. Of […]

Bradley Bytes – a sort of political column with Dara Bradley Management at University of Galway has asked staff to “politely correct” anyone who uses “older or incorrect versions and abbreviations” of its name. Pól Ó Dochartaigh, Deputy President and Registrar of University of Galway, or Ollscoil na Gaillimhe (formerly known as Queen’s College Galway; […]

From this week’s Galway City Tribune – More than a quarter of teens in the city have been ‘drunk in the last month’, while vaping has overtaken smoking as the more common vice in young people according to a new survey. These statistics were revealed by Planet Youth this week, an initiative of the Western […]

Bradley Bytes – a sort of political column with Dara Bradley Galway Green Party Senator Pauline O’Reilly’s ears must have been burning last week. City councillors didn’t mention her by name, but it was clear who they referred to. And they didn’t spare her. Cllr Declan McDonnell (Ind) attacked her as a “one-term senator”; a […]

Bradley Bytes – a sort of political column with Dara Bradley Fine Gael is getting desperate to find a candidate in Galway City East. After a number of potential candidates turned-down requests to contest the Local Election in 2024, including pharmacist Barra Nevin, the party returned to the drawing board. Sources have confirmed that FG […]

Bradley Bytes – a sort of political column with Dara Bradley The haste shown by Galway City councillors in approving a €45.5m loan to buy Crown Square was unusual, as has been noted previously in this column. That they approved a loan three days after they received an official report which detailed options, including a […]