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“We’re dealing with questions of identity, questions about the language, and about the position of the language today. And we’re looking at those questions in a humorous, engaging way that will get people thinking about them.”

City Councillor Frank Fahy is seeking to win Fine Gael’s nominaton to fill the Seanad seat vacated by new Galway West TD Seán Kyne.

After 40 years working for RTÉ, most famously as regional news reporter for the west of Ireland since 2007, Mannion is set to retire in six weeks.

In politics, it is often the little things that make the biggest difference.

Seventeen candidates will contest the seat vacated by Catherine Connolly’s election to the presidency.

“I think there’s a perception that just because we’re from a rural area, that we’re somehow conservative by default, or we don’t want to engage in meaningful debate, but safe to say it’s completely inaccurate.”

Mark Lohan, Sinn Fein candidate in the forthcoming by-election has said that a win for his party can force Government to make life affordable.

Councillor Helen Ogbu, Labour’s candidate in the Galway West by-election, has said the record levels of child homelessness must be treated as an emergency, following the latest figures showing more than 5,400 children now living in emergency accommodation throughout the country.

A positive decision on the expansion of Galway Port would mark a new era for the facility and city, a Fine Gael Senator said.

Behind bolted doors last week, there was a closely fought selection convention for Sinn Féin to chose its candidate for the Galway West by-election in May.