On this day ten years ago, May 13th, 2011, a well-known Letterkenny man was tipped to dip his toe into the world of local politics. He was later to become Mayor of Letterkenny.
LETTERKENNY businessman Pascal Blake will be nominated as a new town councillor, Labour Party sources in Dublin confirmed today.
Donegaldaily.com understands Mr Blake was one of a number of people in the town who had been spoken to by newly-elected Senator Jimmy Harte as a possible replacement for him.
Mr Blake, a psychiatric nurse and undertaker, is a brother-in-law of former Senator Sean Maloney and has a huge interest in local politics.
A source in Labour Party in Dublin said Mr Blake was their first choice for the Letterkenny council position.
No candidate has yet emerged for the vacant Donegal County Council seat.