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The Iarnród Éireann train service from Galway to Dublin still lacks catering since Covid-19 measures suspended it. However, other major routes, such as Dublin/Cork and Dublin/Belfast, both have had catering services return since pandemic measures were lifted.

Among the six candidates in the ‘Vote Left, Transfer Left’ alliance, Councillor Helen Ogbu emerged as the strongest performer from last week’s by-election.

Tháinig athrú suntasach ar an vóta i nGaeltacht Chonamara san fhothoghchán a reáchtáladh Dé hAoine seo caite.

On Monday, representatives from domestic violence support services gathered at Castlegar Ballinfoyle Neighbourhood Centre for an important and timely discussion with Mary Lou McDonald, alongside Mairéad Farrell, Pearse Doherty, Matt Carthy and Sinn Féin Galway West by-election candidate Mark Lohan. The meeting, attended by COPE and Domestic Violence Response services, focused on the urgent societal changes needed to address domestic abuse and support those impacted by it.

“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.”

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

Former Fianna Fáil minister Éamon Ó Cuív has slammed the government for making a “focain ciseach” [a fuckin’ mess] of the recent fuel protests and said that the upcoming bye-election in Galway West “will be hard” for the party.

Sinn Féin’s bye-election candidate Mark Lohan will host a cost-of-living meeting alongside Pearse Doherty and Mairéad Farrell on Monday, April 20, at 7.30pm in the Connacht Hotel.

And now Galway West TD Mairéad Farrell has used similar slurs against property speculators, sitting on buildings that can be lived in during a housing crisis, likening them to hoarding food during a famine.

Behind bolted doors last week, there was a closely fought selection convention for Sinn Féin to chose its candidate for the Galway West by-election in May.