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As Galway West heads toward polling day in just over a week’s time, there is a curious absence of excitement surrounding this by-election. Despite the forest of posters lining roadsides and lamp posts from Clifden to the city suburbs, the campaign itself has yet to truly ignite public imagination. Even the publication of opinion polls last week failed to inject much urgency into the race.

The housing crisis is a national emergency brought on by a decade and a half of Government failure and the only way to fix it is to get new leadership, says Sheila Garrity, an independent candidate in this month’s Galway West by-election.

While there was unanimous support for a light rail system for Galway at a recent transport debate, only the Greens can be trusted to follow through and deliver on public transport for Galway, says bye-election candidate Niall Murphy.

“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.”

Former President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, has returned a total of €2.6 million to the taxpayer over the course of his fourteen years as head of state.

Fine Gael bye-election candidate Seán Kyne has defended the deprioritisation of social housing development in the actively Irish-speaking areas of Connemara.

A Shantalla native is one of 1,000 activists, medics and war crime investigators to have set sail from Italy to deliver aid and challenge an Israeli naval blockade of Gaza.

Fine Gael bye-election candidate Seán Kyne has defended the deprioritisation of social housing development in the actively Irish-speaking areas of Connemara.

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.

The first by-election in Galway for more than half a century will be held on Friday, May 22.