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Galway’s dismal record in electing only two woman to Dáil Éireann since the foundation of the State, has prompted Women for Election to call on voters in all three Galway constituencies to support female candidates this time around.

National opinion poll figures over the last month have seen Fine Gael come in between 28 to 32 per cent, which, if replicated on polling day in Galway West would ensure two seats.

Depending on your point of view, Labour's Derek Nolan is destined to crash and burn, or is Galway West's great survivor, who in spite of all, will defy the odds and trends, and retain his seat at Election 2016.

Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh stands on the brink of becoming the first Sinn Féin TD to be elected for Galway since 1922, while Labour's Derek Nolan, against the odds, has a fighting chance of retaining his seat, at next month's General Election.

Fifty-five new social housing units will be built in the west of Galway city, following the granting of €11.65 million in Government funding, but a local TD says far more of this kind of accommodation is needed.

Could it be possible that after the General Election Galway city would have no political representation in the Dail? Yes, it is, and it would appear to Insider that three of the main political parties – Fine Gael, Fianna Fail, and Sinn Féin – intend it to be that way.

Adopting a policy of cooperative housing, as an alternative to developer lead housing, could be a move to combat not only the housing crisis, but rising rents and house prices.

Catherine Connolly came agonisingly close to winning a seat in the 2011 General Election, but five years on, with Labour's decline and despite the rise of Sinn Féin, will 2016 finally be the year she makes it into Dáil Éireann?

Local authority tenants who want to buy their own homes will be able to do so under the new Tenant Purchase Scheme which one Galway TD has described as “a very progressive step”.

Galway could potentially be the location for a major global arts forum in Ireland. The event would be modelled on the Global Irish Economic Forum but focus on highlighting Irish arts and culture.