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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.

Cuirt Eigis in Ballybane comes alive in the summer, but the fate of 14 families living there has become a political hot potato, with local reps disagreeing on how best to assist tenants who must leave by the autumn.

Dates for the upcoming Galway West by-election have been speculated by the Daily Mail to be either May 15 or May 22. We won't know the full list of candidates until the official date when nominations close; this date hasn't been announced yet, either, but many candidates from smaller parties and independent candidates have already declared themselves in the race for a much-needed head start.

As it unfolded that Catherine Connolly would walk the presidential election, politicos began plotting for a Galway West by-election which must fill her vacant Dáil seat by May 11.

The 12 cases mentioned last week as being under review involving concerns about maternity care at Portiuncula University Hospital in Galway do not include any new cases.

News of the initiative comes as expectation in senior government circles is growing that An Bord Pleanála will initiate a second oral hearing on environmental aspects of the planning permission for the N6 City Ring Road.

Sinn Fein’s Galway West TD, Mairéad Farrell, wants the statue of Liam Mellows cleaned before Easter Rising commemorations this weekend.

Although Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald gave her only two hours to prepare to take the chair of the most powerful committee in the country last week, Galway West TD Mairead Farrell says she is ready.

The 34-year-old from Mervue has been nominated by the largest opposition party to replace current Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chair, Brian Stanley TD, who resigned from Sinn Féin last weekend, claiming the party subjected him to a “kangaroo court” after allegations of misconduct.

Taoiseach Simon Harris is adamant that the current government will run its full term until 2025. It is a blunt and difficult promise to unwind, although the current spat between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Green Party coalition TDs about taxing underutilised residential land may be the loose thread that unravels this current government prematurely.