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Winning Áras was not as simple as ABC (Anyone But Catherine)!

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08.11.2025

Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara Bradley

Here’s one for your table quiz. What do Pádraig Conneely (FG), Frank Fahy (FG), Clodagh Higgins (FG), Eddie Hoare (FG), Peter Keane (FF), Donal Lyons (ex-PD Ind), and Hildegarde Naughton (FG) have in common?

They’re all former Mayors of Galway who canvassed against another former First Citizen, Catherine Connolly (Ind), in last month’s Presidential Election.

Though they’re from the same party, retired Councillor Conneely and current Councillor, Fahy — once rivals in City Central — can’t abide each other.

Ordinarily they couldn’t agree on what day of the week it was. But they........

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