Niall Ó Brolcháin is an Irish Green Party politician, and was a councillor for the South Ward of Galway City Council. He previously served as Mayor of Galway for the 2006/07 term. He was elected in June 2004 with 10.93% (881 votes) of the vote and 0.55% of a quota on the first count in a 4 seat ward. His victory was one of the closest of the elections, beating Fianna Fáil's Tom Cox by 40 votes.

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  • Niall Ó Brolcháin is an Irish Green Party politician, and was a councillor for the South Ward of Galway City Council. He previously served as Mayor of Galway for the 2006/07 term. He was elected in June 2004 with 10.93% (881 votes) of the vote and 0.55% of a quota on the first count in a 4 seat ward. His victory was one of the closest of the elections, beating Fianna Fáil's Tom Cox by 40 votes. Since his election he has worked on campaigns ranging from Quality Bus Corridors to better sewage treatment and waste management facilities. He has worked on many local committees including the city's Economic Development Group and Environment Strategic Policy Committee, and became Galway's first Green Mayor in June 2006. He opened the Galway City Museum to the public and is working to expand Terryland Forest Park, improve school bus services in the city and tackle Galway's many transport problems. Ó Brolcháin has also campaigned for the implementation of zero waste policies in Galway City and County and has called for fresh approaches to energy production and use, including the promotion of renewables. He is probably best known as a campaigner for the Western Rail Corridor, Light rail for Galway and Water Quality issues. The Galway Cryptosporidium crisis of 2007 was a defining moment of his time as Mayor. Prior to his successful campaign for City Council, he ran for Dáil Eireann in the Galway West constituency in the 2002 general election receiving 4.43% (2,193 votes) of the vote and getting 0.27% of a quota on the first count. In February 2005, he was nominated as Galway West's Green Candidate for the next general election. Opinion polls gave him a strong chance of winning a seat, but at the 2007 general election he failed to be elected getting 5.49% (3,026 votes) of the vote getting 0.33% of a quota on the first count. Having been elected to Galway City Council by only 40 votes in 2004, he failed to get elected by just 26 votes in another cliffhanger in the new 5 seat ward of Galway City West in what was a very poor election for the Greens nationally. He got 8.03% (706 votes) of the vote and 0.48% of a quota.
  • Niall Ó Brolcháin ist ein irischer Politiker und ehemaliger Bürgermeister von Galway. Niall Ó Brolcháin wurde 2004 in den Stadtrat von Galway gewählt, ein Amt, das er noch immer bekleidet. Von 2006 bis 2007 hatte er das Amt des Bürgermeisters von Galway inne. Damit war Ó Brolcháin der erste grüne Bürgermeister der Stadt, sowie nach John Gormley der zweite grüne Bürgermeister Irlands überhaupt. 2007 kandidierte er für seine Partei für einen Sitz im 30. Dáil Éireann, scheiterte jedoch wie bei der Wahl 2002 erneut. Ó Brolcháin ist verheiratet und hat fünf Kinder.
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  • Niall Ó Brolcháin is an Irish Green Party politician, and was a councillor for the South Ward of Galway City Council. He previously served as Mayor of Galway for the 2006/07 term. He was elected in June 2004 with 10.93% (881 votes) of the vote and 0.55% of a quota on the first count in a 4 seat ward. His victory was one of the closest of the elections, beating Fianna Fáil's Tom Cox by 40 votes.
  • Niall Ó Brolcháin ist ein irischer Politiker und ehemaliger Bürgermeister von Galway. Niall Ó Brolcháin wurde 2004 in den Stadtrat von Galway gewählt, ein Amt, das er noch immer bekleidet. Von 2006 bis 2007 hatte er das Amt des Bürgermeisters von Galway inne. Damit war Ó Brolcháin der erste grüne Bürgermeister der Stadt, sowie nach John Gormley der zweite grüne Bürgermeister Irlands überhaupt. 2007 kandidierte er für seine Partei für einen Sitz im 30.
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