The Mick Clifford Podcast: What’s at stake in the Dublin Central and Galway West by-elections?

Voters in two high-profile constituencies prepare to elect new TDs in the first by-elections since the 2024 general election

The Mick Clifford Podcast examines the stakes, candidates and political fallout ahead of next week’s by-elections.

Two constituencies will go to the polls next Friday in by-elections triggered by the resignations from the Dáil of Paschal Donohoe and Catherine Connolly, both of whom have since taken up new roles.

Voters in Dublin Central and Galway West will elect their replacements in the first by-elections since the current Government took office following the 2024 general election.

So who’s up and who’s down? What issues matter — and what issues do not? How could the results affect party leaders?

Louise Burne, political correspondent with the Irish Examiner, assesses the state of play ahead of the contests and examines what is at stake politically.