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Seventeen candidates will contest the seat vacated by Catherine Connolly’s election to the presidency.

On the eve of polling, Galway West by-election candidate Noel Thomas has said the election has become a direct choice between “more of the same” or a vote for change and strong independent representation for Galway.

This by-election is about what kind of future people want for Galway - and who will actually stand up for ordinary workers, families and communities when the votes are counted, according to Sinn Fein Galway West candidate Mark Lohan.

To understand why housing in Ireland remains so stubbornly scarce, you first have to understand what the Irish economy is actually built to do.

“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.”

Councillor Helen Ogbu, Labour’s candidate in Galway West, has warned that working people are being pushed to the brink as the cost of living crisis deepens, saying the issue is coming up time and again while out knocking on doors across the city and county.

Mayor of the City of Galway, Cllr Mike Cubbard was joined by Literacy Trainers from Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) and Age Action last Friday to launch a new Parking ‘Learning and Information Pack’.

National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company delivering the new future-proofed, high-speed Fibre-to-the-Home network under the National Broadband Plan (NBP) on behalf of the Government, has said that over 30,000 Galway homes and businesses are now passed and can now avail of a high-speed fibre broadband connection, with over 11,000 premises already connected to NBI’s network.?

Senior IT professionals from local authorities across the country gathered in Galway City last week for a high-level conference to explore opportunities for transformational change in local government using AI. Ireland’s national policy for digital services aims to make 90% of key public services available online by 2030 – with innovation at the core of more efficient service delivery and enhanced citizen engagement.

Sinn Féin TD for Galway West Mairéad Farrell has welcomed commitments from Taoiseach Micheál Martin to pursue implementing a protocol which would allow survivors of domestic abuse to more easily access housing services from a new local authority, should they need to move after fleeing an abusive partner.