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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.

In years past, the NDP would be a ‘shopping list’ of projects which the cabinet awarded funding to, often after intense local lobbying, but it is now more a broad-brush statement of which policy areas or government departments will have funding prioritised.

Fine Gael Senators have tabled a motion to be debated in the Seanad this week urging the Government to continue to reduce the student contribution fee during its lifetime.

Since his election to the Dáil on Sunday, speculation is rife as to who might replace John Connolly TD on the Galway City Council.

The Social Democrats have selected Councillor Ebhlín Seoighthe to contest the Galway West constituency in the upcoming general election.

Galway City East Councillor Alan Cheevers claims a whispering campaign about his health was waged to dissuade delegates from voting for his candidacy as a Dáil hopeful.

Two prominent Galway Fine Gael politicians handed in their notice ahead of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s shock resignation yesterday.

RONAN FAGAN

Dear Micheál,

I have been on many of these trips over the decades, but maybe it's age, or maybe it's the lack of proximity since the last one, but this visit of work seems the most interesting. Most trips over the years have been dominated by agriculture or fishing, and while both are still firmly on the agenda, the menu of topics for the European project has greatly expanded in the past few years, the past few months and the past few days.