Munster gets new representative in Europe

MUNSTER has a new political representative in Europe — although the province’s MEPs like Brian Crowley, Kathy Sinnott and Colm Burke needn’t worry about fresh competition for their seats just yet.

Colm Garvey, a 42-year-old export sales executive from Ireland, was recently elected as councillor for Munster — a small picturesque town in the north-east of France close to the German border — during the recent French local elections.

A father of four, Colm has been living in the Alsace region of France, where his wife, Anne-Catherine comes from, since 1999.