'I believe in a Galway First approach': City mayor enters by‑election to replace Catherine Connolly

Galway West by-election will be held in May to fill the seat vacated by Connolly when she became president of Ireland

Mike Cubbard: 'I won’t apologise to anybody in this country for saying Galway has to be front and centre.'

The mayor of Galway city is to contest the Galway West by-election triggered by Catherine Connolly’s inauguration as president of Ireland.

Mike Cubbard, a 40-year-old independent councillor who describes himself as centre-right, said he would contest the election with a “Galway First” message.