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Former Mayor of Galway Cllr. Niall O’Brolchain has put the mayoral Prius on eBay to raise money for the 15 charities that were beneficiaries of that scary veggie hippy/interesting delicious alternative (delete as appropriate) Mayor’s Ball in May.

I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a huge fan of cars in the Jeremy Clarkson sense, but by golly I’d love a Prius. They are so quiet they could nearly pick your pockets without you noticing.

Mind you it’ll take a good few more caricatures before I can afford one!

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Had a great night on Saturday at the Mayor’s Ball in the Galway Bay Hotel. The meal was beautiful, five courses of the best vegetarian food I’ve had in a long time. Managed to raise a few quid for charity as well during the caricatures, as each person donated as I drew them. I also tried to get donations from people before they saw the finished product!

Shane Lennon and Lucia Evans put a brave face on it!

The lovely ladies of the Galway Junior Chamber…

Andrew and Alison asking for a refund…

Aidan and the missus squaring up to me…

…and even more satisfied costumers!

Well done to everyone involved for what was a very successful night.

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I’ll have some photos up next week from the Mayor’s Ball in the Galway Bay Hotel, which is happening this evening. It promises to be a fun evening and raises thousands of euro for various charities every year. It’s a slightly different event this year, with an organic menu and non-black-tie policy, there’ll be a few raised eyebrows, but that’s what you get when you have a furry Green for a mayor!

Now someone remind me to take my camera!

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Just back from the Mayor’s Youth Conference in the Galway Bay Hotel. I was doing my conference cartoons based on the responses to the themes of the conference: mental health, transport and anti-racism. There were 300 young delegates from all over Galway and it always amazes me how articulate and confident many kids are today (at 32 I’m old enough to be of the speak-when-spoken-to generation!)
I got some good images and I should have them up next week.
I’m also doing caricatures for the Mayor’s Ball in the Galway Bay Hotel this Saturday 29th April. I’m doing it gratis and I’ll be collecting donations for the charities for each one I do. If you’re going come over to me and get a lovely caricature!

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