Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Portumna businessman has been nominated for co-option to the county council following the election of a Loughrea area councillor to the Dáil.
Fianna Fáil councillor Anne Rabbitte is nominating Portumna’s Ivan Canning to fill her empty seat as she embarks on her Dáil career as a Galway East TD.
Ivan Canning is a member of the well-known hurling family – he’s married with five young children and works in the family hurley manufacturing business.
Meanwhile in the city, newly-elected Independent TD for Galway West, Catherine Connolly is remaining tight-lipped on her selected nominee.
She says she’ll reveal her choice next week.
Recently, outgoing Tuam area councillor Sean Canney put his election agent Billy Connelly from Caherlistrane foward to fill his seat, after he was elected as an Independent TD in the Galway East constituency.