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DOORA-BAREFIELD native, Martina Molo- ney, is to become the first female County Manager in the history of Galway, it was an- nounced last week.
The 47-year-old mother-of-two began her county council career as a clerical officer in Ennis and was, most recently, county manager in Louth for the last three and half years.
She is also a former director of services with Galway City Council and has some 20 years of experience working for local Government.
Although the appointment was announced last week, Ms Moloney is unlikely to begin work in Galway until later this summer.
She must also be ratified by the elected members of Galway County Council at their meeting later this month and will not be of- ficially appointed in her position until May.
Ms Moloney’s late husband, Jimmy Hick- ey, 1S also originally from the Ennis area. The pair met while they both worked for the county council in Ennis. Jimmy passed away in 1991.
“IT am excited about the challenge of being back in Galway and one of my main aims will be to do my best to help improve the county’s capacity to attract and accommodate new in- dustry,” she said.
“There is new main route through east Gal- way to Dublin, the many issues regarding the N17 and N18 and of course I am familiar with the Claregalway situation.”
While her career working with local authori- ties started out in Ennis, she has since got a lot of experience around the country.
She worked with councils in Limerick City, Donegal and North Tipperary before moving to Galway City and then to Louth.