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Connemara Sinn Féin member Máirín Mhic Lochlainn has said she is not worried about disciplinary action initiated against her following her criticism of the party’s candidate in the Galway West by-election.

Sinn Féin TD for Galway West Mairéad Farrell has expressed disappointment that the West has been overlooked again in favour of Dublin. This time, Dublin bus routes will benefit from the first shipment of new high-capacity double decker coaches, which will arrive by the end of 2026.

Galway Sinn Féin TDs Louis O’Hara, Mairéad Farrell, and Claire Kerrane raised the ongoing underfunding of Galway County Council in the Dáil this week.

The Iarnród Éireann train service from Galway to Dublin still lacks catering since Covid-19 measures suspended it. However, other major routes, such as Dublin/Cork and Dublin/Belfast, both have had catering services return since pandemic measures were lifted.

Among the six candidates in the ‘Vote Left, Transfer Left’ alliance, Councillor Helen Ogbu emerged as the strongest performer from last week’s by-election.

Tháinig athrú suntasach ar an vóta i nGaeltacht Chonamara san fhothoghchán a reáchtáladh Dé hAoine seo caite.

On Monday, representatives from domestic violence support services gathered at Castlegar Ballinfoyle Neighbourhood Centre for an important and timely discussion with Mary Lou McDonald, alongside Mairéad Farrell, Pearse Doherty, Matt Carthy and Sinn Féin Galway West by-election candidate Mark Lohan. The meeting, attended by COPE and Domestic Violence Response services, focused on the urgent societal changes needed to address domestic abuse and support those impacted by it.

“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.”

The first by-election in Galway for more than half a century will be held on Friday, May 22.

Former Fianna Fáil minister Éamon Ó Cuív has slammed the government for making a “focain ciseach” [a fuckin’ mess] of the recent fuel protests and said that the upcoming bye-election in Galway West “will be hard” for the party.