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The end of civil war politics. A cliché maybe, but one we have heard repeated ad nauseam in recent weeks following the decision by FF and FG to enter government together for the first time.

There are 15 days to the UK general election, and as much of a feast as it is for political anoraks like Insider, and as much as he will enjoy binge-watching the coverage on BBC and Channel 4, it is at the front of his mind that the Irish General Election is itself, only months away.

Paul Murphy, the outspoken and controversial Anti Austerity Alliance TD, is coming to Galway next week to address a public rally on the issue of democratic rights and the right to protest.

Separate talks on forming a Government between Independent deputies with both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will "not be worth the paper they are written on" and "will go nowhere", until the two major parties begin their own face to face negotiations.

Independent candidate Catherine Connolly is asking voters for the privilege of representing them as the first Independent female TD for Galway West.

Number of seats: 4

Electorate: 18,149

Electorate: 22,702

Electorate: 31,011

With a record six seats up for grabs in the Piltown Electoral Area and two sitting Fine Gael councillors having declared themselves out of the race from an early date, the seats in this area were all to play for.