Gareth Scahill's appointment as a Senator is being described as great news for West Roscommon.
The Castlerea man was selected as one of the Taoiseach's 11 nominees for the Seanad on Friday.
Roscommon-Galway was set to have no Senator after outgoing senators Aisling Dolan and Eugene Murphy lost their seats.
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Fine Gael man Gerry Coffey, from Granlahan, is delighted his party colleague got the nod on Friday.
