Wednesday 13th June 2012
The morning after the Mayoral Election, I was inundated with texts, calls, Facebook and Twitter messages from people all over the country and beyond.
I did an interview with C103FM radio, who provide a great service to local communities and a forum to local politicians like myself over the years to raise issues and inform the public of matters relevant to them.
Later in the day, I received a very nice phonecall from Supt. Derek Smart from Clonakilty Garda Station, offering his congratulations, his mobile number and to assure me that he is willing to meet me as Mayor at any time to discuss issues of concern that I may have. (It's no secret that I have raised concerns about a lot of issues over the years with the Gardaí, and have on occasions been critical of my perceived lack of responses to what I see as simply resolved issues that persist in our town).
This call was very much appreciated, and we agreed to arrange a meeting in a couple of weeks where I hoped we might start resolving some matters at least.
Throughout the day I was working (as Rúnaí at An Gaelscoil).
Many weeks previously, I had also promised to work at O' Donovan's Hotel Reception from 4.00- 11.00pm that night as there was a family occasion.
I kept that promise but would have preferred to have been elsewhere that night!!!
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