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

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.

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.

One of the reasons Taoiseach Micheal Martin will visit the White House this year is to secure employment linked to medical technology companies clustered around Galway.

Concerns regarding maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) have been advanced to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health following consideration by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsman, which met at Leinster House last week.

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).

Father Griffin Road is named after the martyred Irish priest, Father Michael Griffin, who was involved in the War of Independence. This area is known for a lively, charming road that stretches from the Fire Station down to the Maxol Garage in Lower Salthill.

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.

While the country has many ongoing problems admittedly, there is little any of us can do right now, as ordinary citizens, to resolve them, other than exercising our vote at the next election to enact change. That is our democratic prerogative.

The plan was approved at the local party’s AGM last week, where 50 delegates from across Galway re-elected former city councillor, Mark Lohan, as its chairperson for the sixth year running.