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KILRUSH Town Council is expected to have a new member at its monthly meeting on February 12, as Fianna Fáil hosts a convention to select a candidate to replace the late Cllr Stephen O’Gorman on Sunday evening.
Two names have already gone forward to be considered at the convention, to be held in the Haven Arms, Kilrush.
Former town councillor Christy O’Malley is to return to contest the seat, as will university student Em- met Greaney.
Mr O’Malley, a former garda sergeant, previously served on the council until he lost his seat in the 2009 local elections.
The former chairman of the council also served as chairman of the Kilrush Special Olympics Committee when Kilrush Town hosted the Georgia Republic in 2003.
A member of the local Cumann, Mr Greaney is new to elected politics.
He is currently a postgraduate law student at the National University College Galway, and he signed up as a member of Ógra Fianna Fáil locally at just 14 years old and be- came very active in the party when he went to college.
It is possible that more candidates will enter the race before Sunday but, if not, members of the party locally will have to decide who they feel is best to take up a position on the town council between the two nominees.
Cllr O’Gorman passed away in December, leaving a vacant seat in the council chamber.
His party members are now required to fill that position, and next week either Mr O’Malley or Mr Greaney are likely to be seconded on to the council for its last ever term.