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Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara Bradley
Eibhlín Seoighthe has confirmed that she will not be contesting the Galway West bye-election – but not before ruffling a few feathers on the Left.
The former Social Democrat, now Independent Galway City Councillor was co-convenor of Catherine Connolly’s successful Galway City Presidential election campaign.
As such, many national political observers, removed from Galway West, rated her as a serious contender to hold Connolly’s Dáil seat in the April/May bye-election.
But she confirmed last weekend what many local political observers in Galway had suspected since November – Seoighthe had no appetite for a Dáil bye-election.
Her statement announcing that she would........