Writing was on the wall from opening of the first boxes - Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune

Writing was on the wall from opening of the first boxes - Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune

When President-elect Catherine Connolly made an understated entrance to the Galway West count centre in Salthill about 30 minutes after the ballot boxes were opened, everyone in the room knew she would be declared the tenth President of Ireland later that evening. With one first-preference vote after another for the Shantalla woman being carefully laid out in front of tally people by count centre staff, it soon became clear that the Galway West …