Large parts of Galway are bracing themselves for another election as a Bill which paves the way for an \u00dadar\u00e1s na Gaeltachta election has passed through the D\u00e1il.<\/p>\n
The new legislation would increase the membership of the \u00dadar\u00e1s Board from 12 to 16, with the majority being elected in the Gaeltacht regions.<\/p>\n
The election hoardings have been taken down in west Galway but another election looms, in much of the constituency.<\/p>\n
Ten members of the \u00dadar\u00e1s will be elected with Gaeltacht Minister, Dara Callearey, rejecting calls from Sinn F\u00e9in for all 16 Board members to be chosen at the ballot boxes.<\/p>\n
The Galway Gaeltacht will have the largest number of elected members with 3 seats. The Galway and Mayo Gaeltacht areas were one constituency in past \u00dadar\u00e1s elections, but the latest arrangement will focus the campaigns on each county.<\/p>\n
The Galway constituency takes in Connemara, the Aran Islands, parts of Galway city, and some areas east of the City.<\/p>\n
The geography has been controversial in the past with suggestions that areas with relatively little spoken Irish could outvote the leading Irish speaking districts.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s a sure to be a point of contention when the election hoardings appear again.<\/p>\n
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