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City budget meetings are either boring or fractious, but this one was a political masterclass.

What's Next For The Left? will be chaired by former University of Galway historian, John Cunningham, and is open to the public

People Before Profit Galway will be hosting a public meeting along with Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats, Labour and Independents titled ‘What’s next for the Left’ on Thursday November 27 at 7.30pm in the Harbour Hotel.

Artist Lilly Hughes, and her neighbour, Kitty Wheatley, both Renmore ladies, were mortified to be identified by the Galway Advertiser, in a pub, in town, of a Tuesday, before 11am.

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 their first meeting on Monday, after the summer break, the city’s representatives briefly discussed the city’s most oaty issue in what the Galway Advertiser calculates is the 15th plenary meeting in a row where the breakfast ingredient has been mentioned.

The Shantalla-based politician formally quit her party last week, just days after Soc Dem TD Eoin Hayes was readmitted to the so-called ‘purple party’ after an eight-month suspension for being opaque about his investment in a company providing software to the Israeli military.

The pedestrianisation of streets in Galway’s West End went ahead this week, after last-minute negotiations between local traders, a city councillor and a transport activist means outdoor dancing and dining can go ahead.

Grainne Seoige’s celebrity drew attention to the Galway West constituency last week, but it was Mairéad Farrell, Catherine Connolly and Hildegarde Naughton who stole the show.

Independent councillor for the city centre, Mike Cubbard, and City East’s Labour Party councillor Helen Ogbu, have confirmed they intend to run in the Galway West Dáil constituency if Taoiseach Simon Harris opts for a November general election.