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Profile: Connolly's long political road leads to Áras

RTE 1 min read 4 hours ago

Catherine Connolly first entered local politics in 1999 as a Labour councillor in Galway city, becoming Mayor of Galway five years later. Soon, she will enter Áras an Uachtaráin as the 10th President of Ireland.
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