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Connolly win will prompt fascinating Galway by-election

The by-election will fill Catherine Connolly's vacated seat with multiple left-wing and government party candidates competing amid Fine Gael's 18.8% vote share in 2024.

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They say that going to a wedding is the making of another, and in politics, one election is often the creation of another.
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Sinn Féin to run own candidate in by-election prompted by Connolly presidency win

Mary Lou McDonald expresses preference for encouraging transfers between left-wing parties over single unity candidate

·Dublin, Ireland
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Independent candidate Connolly wins Irish presidential elections

Connolly, 68, is a fluent Irish speaker from Galway in the west of Ireland, and has promised to be a voice for all the people of Ireland and for peace.

·France
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Connolly win will prompt fascinating Galway by-election

They say that going to a wedding is the making of another, and in politics, one election is often the creation of another.

·Ireland
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RTÉ broke the news in Ireland on Sunday, October 26, 2025.
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