Former Labour City Councillor Colette Connolly has been co-opted to the city council.
She will fill the seat left vacant by her sister Catherine, who was elected as an Independent Dáil deputy for Galway West/ South Mayo following last month’s general election.
The co-option took place at a special meeting of the city council at College Road this afternoon.
Colette Connolly, who lives in Shantalla, was not present at today’s meeting due to a prior engagement.
The co-option vote was to take place on April 11th, but today is the closing date for eligibility to vote in the Seanad elections, so a special meeting was called.
A former Labour councillor, Colette Connolly has dropped her party affiliation since her defeat in the 2014 local election, and will now serve as an Independent representative.
There were nine councillors present at the meeting this afternoon, and Cllr Padraig Conneely proposed that the co-option vote be postponed until the next meeting on April 11th.
However, the other eight councillors voted in favour of the co-option, which was proposed by Councillor Peter Keane and seconded by Councillor Terry O’Flaherty.
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