Brian Walsh

Brian Walsh (born 28 September 1972) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency from 2011 to 2016. He also served as Mayor of Galway from 2006 to 2007. He sat for a time as an independent TD, having lost the Fine Gael parliamentary party whip, from July 2013 to April 2014. Local politics He was elected to Galway City Council in 2004 and re-elected in 2009. He was the Mayor of Galway from 2005 to 2006 and was the city's youngest ever mayor. Redevelopment work on Eyre Square in Galway began in 2004. There was controversy when the building contractors, Samuel Kingston Construction, left the site and did not return. Some businesses were affected by the abandoned building site which had become an embarrassment to the city. On becoming Mayor of Galway, Walsh set up a task force to take charge of the project, and he led the effort to complete the works. The square re-opened on 13 April 2006.