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Fianna Fáil’s Albert Dolan TD has welcomed last week’s announcement by Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Peter Burke, confirming €18 million in Smart Regions Enterprise Innovation Scheme funding, with Galway securing significant investment across multiple high-impact innovation projects.

Former Fianna Fáil election hopeful Gráinne Seoige has issued a statement criticising politically motivated commentary of her candidacy in last year’s general election, and outlined the trauma fake pornography caused to her.

Three trails in County Galway have been selected for investment in the Government’s latest Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) funding round.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has revealed a new and unique cultural and visitor experience at Connemara National Park, entitled the “Connemara Pony Heritage Centre” which was opened last Friday by Deputy John Connolly, Fianna Fáil TD.

The absence of Fianna Fáíl politicians at the Galway West count centre in Salthill was unsurprising last Saturday, but one party member made it his business to attend.

Fianna Fáil veteran Éamon Ó Cuív has blasted Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s decision to back a presidential candidate from outside party ranks, while a city councillor revealed growing demand for internal party reform.

The presidential race, once expected to be a tame affair, now finds itself distilled into a contest between two very different women — and two very different visions of what the Áras should represent. After the weekend’s political drama, one thing is clear: the race for the presidency has become a mirror for how we think about truth, leadership, and the kind of Ireland we want to project to the world.

The non-party candidate, with support of five political parties, is on a whistle-stop tour of the country after the first televised presidential debate on Monday. She will return to the city to fulfil a long-standing engagement at the sold-out ‘Gala for Gaza’ at the Ardilaun Hotel this Saturday, October 4.

The councillor for Galway City’s central ward said tackling child poverty and child homelessness must be the top priority for Government this winter, as he is inundated with requests to assist local families facing homelessness, not a €630m VAT cut for businesses.

Plans for two additional bed blocks at UHG are set to be developed by a design team as part of the overall redevelopment plan for the hospital, Dep John Connolly has learned.