NIALL O BROLCHAIN HOPEFUL OF SENATE SEAT

Date Published: 26-Jun-2007

Former Mayor of Galway, Green Party city councillor Niall O’Brolcháin is hopeful of a Taoiseach’s nomination to the Senate

There’s strong speculation that the Taoiseach will give two of his appointments to the Green party as part of the government deal

Former TD Dan Boyle who was the Green’s chief negotiator for the programme for government is favourite for the first of those seats

However, it seems likely the second seat is a toss up between Galway’s Niall O’Brolcháin and Wicklow’s Deirdre de Búrca, both of whom lost out in last month’s Dáil election