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Although Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald gave her only two hours to prepare to take the chair of the most powerful committee in the country last week, Galway West TD Mairead Farrell says she is ready.

The 34-year-old from Mervue has been nominated by the largest opposition party to replace current Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chair, Brian Stanley TD, who resigned from Sinn Féin last weekend, claiming the party subjected him to a “kangaroo court” after allegations of misconduct.

Brewing discontent and disagreement within the ruling pact which dominates Galway City Council spilled into the public domain this week, with the mayor forced to use his casting vote to pass an increase in Local Property Tax.

Sinn Féin TD Mairéad Farrell has said it's time for TDs in Galway West to support Sinn Féin's plans to deliver supports for disabled people and their families.

Galway County Councillors voted by 32 to 6 to increase Local Property Tax by 15 per cent in late September, a hike calculated to net an extra €2.4 million income per year for the local authority from 2025.

38,414 children in Galway would benefit from Sinn Féin’s plan to deliver childcare at a cost of €10 a day, Mairéad Farrell TD for Galway West has said.

Galway City East Councillor Alan Cheevers claims a whispering campaign about his health was waged to dissuade delegates from voting for his candidacy as a Dáil hopeful.

Sinn Féin is expecting illegal dumping and litter to be a major concern in Ballybane after initiating a survey amongst its residents, and is calling for Galway City Council to take back control of refuse collection from private companies.

Taoiseach Simon Harris is adamant that the current government will run its full term until 2025. It is a blunt and difficult promise to unwind, although the current spat between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Green Party coalition TDs about taxing underutilised residential land may be the loose thread that unravels this current government prematurely.

Sinn Féin TD for Galway West, Máiread Farrell said last night that the Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures show that the number of people who have emigrated to Australia in the last 12 months has increased to 10,600 from 4,700 in the previous year comes as "no surprise."