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Healy Eames welcomes Naughton to Senate
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has welcomed former city councillor Hildegarde Naughton to the Senate.
Senator Naughton of Fine Gael was nominated by the Taoiseach to replace Dr Martin McAleese who resigned his seat earlier this year and is taking her seat this afternoon for the first time.
The 36-year-old primary school teacher is expected to be one of the Fine Gael election candidates in the Galway West constituency with Deputy Brian Walsh and Senator Fidelma Healy Eames expelled for opposing the abortion laws.
Speaking in the Seanad this afternoon, Senator Healy Eames said both share important local ties in their native Galway.