# 2024 Galway City Council election

An election to all 18 seats on Galway City Council was held in Galway in Ireland on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. Councillors were to be elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Retiring incumbents

The following councillors were not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | Party |
| Galway City Central | Imelda Byrne | | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway City Central | Collette Connolly | | Independent |

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | % | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4,507 | 18.51 | 2.66 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4,248 | 17.44 | 3.03 |
| | Labour | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1,901 | 7.81 | 0.84 |
| | Social Democrats | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1,762 | 7.23 | 1.24 |
| | Sinn Féin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1,469 | 6.03 | 0.66 |
| | Green | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1,206 | 4.95 | 4.47 |
| | People Before Profit | 3 | 0 | | 581 | 2.39 | 0.80 |
| | Independent Ireland | 2 | 0 | New | 511 | 2.10 | New |
| | Aontú | 2 | 0 | | 461 | 1.89 | 0.53 |
| | Irish Freedom | 3 | 0 | New | 444 | 1.82 | New |
| | The Irish People | 3 | 0 | New | 435 | 1.79 | New |
| | Solidarity | 1 | 0 | | 129 | 0.53 | 0.33 |
| | Independent | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6,700 | 27.51 | 2.62 |
| Total | Total | 52 | 18 | | | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019. ^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election. ^ ‡: Outgoing councillor coopted in 2023 to Galway City East now contesting Galway City West

### Galway City Central

Galway City Central: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Independent | Mike Cubbard | 19.5% | 1,486 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eddie Hoare | 16.9% | 1,282 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Fahy | 11.6% | 882 | 945 | 1,036 | 1,037 | 1,038 | 1,042 | 1,052 | 1,064 | 1,112 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Josie Ford | 9.6% | 732 | 805 | 848 | 851 | 855 | 862 | 875 | 887 | 909 | 932 | 1,017 |
| | Labour | John McDonagh | 8.5% | 643 | 710 | 726 | 729 | 731 | 734 | 758 | 767 | 851 | 902 | 965 |
| | Social Democrats | Eibhlín Seoighte | 7.6% | 575 | 607 | 617 | 618 | 619 | 630 | 666 | 675 | 809 | 992 | 1,028 |
| | Sinn Féin | Mark Lohan | 6.5% | 498 | 541 | 545 | 547 | 550 | 557 | 571 | 587 | 606 | 689 | 739 |
| | Green | Martina O'Connor | 4.2% | 319 | 343 | 357 | 357 | 358 | 359 | 382 | 387 | | | |
| | Aontú | Padraig Lenihan | 4.0% | 307 | 321 | 328 | 332 | 339 | 366 | 382 | 477 | 491 | 503 | |
| | People Before Profit | Adrian Curran | 4.0% | 304 | 327 | 330 | 330 | 332 | 336 | 380 | 394 | 413 | | |
| | Independent | Margaretta D'Arcy | 2.3% | 175 | 191 | 194 | 205 | 211 | 218 | | | | | |
| | Irish Freedom | Mary Cummins | 2.2% | 169 | 181 | 182 | 189 | 242 | 270 | 281 | | | | |
| | Independent Ireland | Shauna Ridge | 1.3% | 98 | 114 | 115 | 118 | 129 | | | | | | |
| | The Irish People | Sean Comer | 1.0% | 79 | 88 | 90 | 105 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Dara O'Flaherty | 0.6% | 49 | 51 | 51 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Feeney | 0.1% | 8 | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,206 Valid: 7,606 Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,087 Turnout: 7,733 (42.48%) |||||||||||||||

### Galway City East

Galway City East: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Alan Cheevers | 12.89% | 1,031 | 1,033 | 1,040 | 1,040 | 1,043 | 1,049 | 1,053 | 1,057 | 1,070 | 1,156 | | | | |
| | Independent | Declan McDonnell | 12.61% | 1,009 | 1,012 | 1,017 | 1,018 | 1,024 | 1,037 | 1,042 | 1,063 | 1,073 | 1,087 | 1,146 | | | |
| | Independent | Terry O'Flaherty | 11.45% | 916 | 924 | 928 | 929 | 930 | 945 | 952 | 964 | 981 | 1,020 | 1,095 | 1,144 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Crowe | 9.20% | 736 | 740 | 742 | 742 | 743 | 751 | 754 | 759 | 761 | 782 | 802 | 821 | 918 | 920 |
| | Fine Gael | Shane Forde | 8.31% | 665 | 667 | 667 | 667 | 667 | 672 | 675 | 677 | 684 | 788 | 817 | 843 | 932 | 936 |
| | Sinn Féin | Aisling Burke | 7.80% | 624 | 628 | 636 | 645 | 650 | 656 | 693 | 702 | 736 | 747 | 790 | 895 | 985 | 988 |
| | Labour | Helen Ogbu | 7.31% | 585 | 588 | 586 | 607 | 608 | 611 | 634 | 637 | 777 | 815 | 857 | 1,045 | 1,102 | 1,105 |
| | Independent Ireland | Noel Larkin | 5.16% | 413 | 418 | 422 | 424 | 436 | 464 | 471 | 543 | 550 | 572 | 623 | 645 | | |
| | Independent | Michael Tully | 4.40% | 352 | 356 | 365 | 367 | 370 | 379 | 384 | 410 | 416 | 436 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Aisling Keogh | 4.15% | 332 | 334 | 338 | 340 | 342 | 344 | 349 | 352 | 362 | | | | | |
| | Social Democrats | Justine Delaney Heaslip | 3.79% | 303 | 309 | 311 | 324 | 324 | 326 | 372 | 374 | 425 | 443 | 462 | | | |
| | Green | Joyce Mathias | 3.59% | 287 | 292 | 295 | 298 | 298 | 301 | 322 | 326 | | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Cormac Ó Corcoráin | 1.92% | 154 | 154 | 158 | 158 | 169 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Solidarity | Conor Burke | 1.61% | 129 | 133 | 137 | 181 | 185 | 186 | | | | | | | | |
| | The Irish People | Jacinta Gibbons | 1.59% | 127 | 130 | 133 | 133 | 183 | 225 | 231 | | | | | | | |
| | Irish Freedom | Susan Feeney | 1.41% | 113 | 117 | 118 | 120 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | PBP–Solidarity | Denman Rooke | 1.09% | 87 | 90 | 91 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | David Lynch | 0.87% | 70 | 72 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Conor Dowd | 0.72% | 58 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Arkadiusz Wozniak | 0.12% | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,110 Valid: 8,001 Spoilt: 101 Quota: 1,144 Turnout: 8,102 (44.74%) ||||||||||||||||||

### Galway City West

Galway City West: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| | Independent | Donal Lyons | 15.96% | 1,415 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Clodagh Higgins | 12.12% | 1,074 | 1,106 | 1,108 | 1,111 | 1,112 | 1,221 | 1,232 | 1,247 | 1,309 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Connolly | 11.07% | 981 | 1,004 | 1,005 | 1,013 | 1,013 | 1,043 | 1,085 | 1,132 | 1,184 | 1,224 | 1,232 | 1,236 | 1,325 | |
| | Social Democrats | Alan Curran | 9.97% | 884 | 897 | 902 | 902 | 983 | 999 | 1,010 | 1,122 | 1,168 | 1,289 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Keane | 8.66% | 768 | 789 | 791 | 794 | 795 | 806 | 820 | 823 | 856 | 868 | 877 | 877 | 964 | 995 |
| | Labour | Níall McNelis | 7.59% | 673 | 701 | 703 | 706 | 723 | 741 | 758 | 808 | 870 | 976 | 998 | 1,010 | 1,156 | 1,181 |
| | Green | Niall Murphy | 6.77% | 600 | 606 | 610 | 612 | 637 | 652 | 657 | 678 | 705 | 784 | 790 | 805 | 900 | 905 |
| | Independent | Kenny Deery | 4.51% | 400 | 408 | 411 | 418 | 419 | 426 | 476 | 498 | 585 | 624 | 629 | 637 | | |
| | Independent | Esther Oghomwenrie Osayimwen | 4.14% | 367 | 370 | 370 | 375 | 411 | 451 | 462 | 489 | 511 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal Ó Conchúir | 3.91% | 347 | 351 | 352 | 359 | 381 | 390 | 409 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jarlath Feeney | 3.90% | 346 | 361 | 367 | 377 | 380 | 388 | 434 | 466 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Asraf Chowdhury | 3.07% | 272 | 277 | 280 | 280 | 282 | | | | | | | | | |
| | The Irish People | A.J. Cahill | 2.58% | 229 | 231 | 233 | 330 | 332 | 334 | | | | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Maisie McMaster | 2.14% | 190 | 191 | 195 | 198 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Irish Freedom | Rory Ó Beirn | 1.83% | 162 | 164 | 166 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Denis Nealis | 0.44% | 39 | 41 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,533 Valid: 8,747 Spoilt: 117 Quota: 1,250 Turnout: 8,864 (47.83%) ||||||||||||||||||