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Half of twelve candidates expected to run in the Galway West by-election have agreed an historic voting pact.

The price hikes of recent weeks have been a shock and we have no idea if we are entering an era of political instability that will render fossil fuels an unpredictable and unreliable source of energy, accoding to Green Party candidate Niall Murphy. He said that while it is important to provide some short-term support to homes and businesses, those measures do not help our resilience in the face of either long-term high oil prices, or future spikes in times of war.

A private meeting of potential election candidates was held in Galway city last week to hammer out a potential voting alliance in May’s Galway West by-election.

We have had very pleasant, dry weather in Galway while the east of the country suffered under a deluge. It does give us pause for thought about whether Galway is ready for the inevitable increased rainfall.

Following a party selection convention this week, Galway city centre primary school teacher, Orla Nugent, was chosen based on her advocacy for housing, healthcare, transport and the Irish language.

Party leader Ivana Bacik will attend next week’s convention to select city councillor Helen Ogbu as Labour’s candidate for the 2026 Galway West by-election.

At election time politicians want to maximise their exposure through any medium possible. But recently many have chosen to abandon the X/Twitter platform in response to the release of the Grok app which uses X to produce and distribute modified images without any restrictions leading to large-scale production of child pornography images.

Last week the National Transport Authority met with the Oireachtas Transport Committee and answered questions about two significant Galway projects. The Galway Bus Network Redesign has recently been updated, but will not roll out until 2027 at the earliest.

Artist Lilly Hughes, and her neighbour, Kitty Wheatley, both Renmore ladies, were mortified to be identified by the Galway Advertiser, in a pub, in town, of a Tuesday, before 11am.

Former City Councillor, Niall Murphy, has declared his intention to run in the Galway West by-election for the Green Party. Having served Galway City West from 2020 to 2024, he is now going to have a run for the Da?il seat vacated by president elect Catherine Connolly.