Former FF TD Colm Keaveney withdraws from local elections amid drug driving charge

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Former FF TD Colm Keaveney withdraws from local elections amid drug driving charge
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Galway councillor (53) accused of driving under the influence of cocaine in June 2023

He has told Fianna Fáil that he is withdrawing. The party has confirmed that sitting councillors Mary Hoade, Donagh Killilea and Joe Sheridan go forward in the Tuam electoral area, along with a fourth candidate Tom Quirke.

The 53-year-old, with an address at Kilcreevanty, is before the courts on a charge of driving under the influence of cocaine in his system. The offence is alleged to have happened on June 12th last year at Cummer in Tuam, Co Galway.

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