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This by-election is about what kind of future people want for Galway - and who will actually stand up for ordinary workers, families and communities when the votes are counted, according to Sinn Fein Galway West candidate Mark Lohan.

There have been four by-elections in the Galway West constituency since the foundation of the State. They took place on June 19, 1935; August 8, 1936; May 30,1940 and March 4, 1975.

The Pro Life Campaign is actively encouraging its supporters in Galway West to ‘think pro-life’ before voting in the upcoming by-election. The national based group is drawing attention to Ireland’s “soaring abortion numbers” and the fact that “1 in 6 pregnancies now ends in abortion in this country.”

Sinn Féin members in Connemara have no confidence in Mary Lou McDonald, a former election candidate for the party has said.

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.