John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Senator Craughwell even referred to it in the media. That is something in which I still passionately believe because Galway is unique in that it is physically divided by the city into two counties. Galway would have benefited, and the local authority would be much stronger, if it were a unified local authority. That is my view and I do not expect universal agreement.

Whatever reticence I had might have been based on the fact that I was due to get married the next day. I did get married the next day, eventually, after getting out of the Seanad.