Election wins spark race for vacant local council seats

NO SOONER is one election over than a host more are set to begin.

Election wins spark race for vacant local council seats
Tue, 29 May, 2007 - 01:00
Conor Ryan

The success of 25 City and County Councillors in last week’s election means they each left a lucrative vacancy in the local chambers to be filled.

The six-year-old Local Authority legislation which kick-started this phenomenon has spared us another string of by-elections.

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