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Local media in a city the size of Galway are usually vicious gossips, notorious for undermining each other, despite secretly yearning to mate, but to be fair to Galway Bay FM, it did Galway West some service this week, when its radio staffers staged by far the best set piece of the by-election.

The confirmed entry of the Moycullen man has tightened odds in the Dáil race, as he is expected to draw votes from the same Connemara pool that bookies’ favourite, Councillor Noel Thomas (II), relies on, along with Oughterard candidate, Councillor Thomas Welby (Ind).

A by-election must be held in Galway by May 11, with taoiseach Micheál Martin the ultimate decision maker on a date. One Galway West seat is empty after Catherine Connolly was elected president.