The 25-year-old from Maree, Oranmore, who has a Degree in Food and Agribusiness Management from UCD, was elected as Galway County Council’s youngest councillor in 2024.

The Green Party leader said Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris were ‘not prepared to give leadership’ over the climate.

The Sinn Féin president said her party will contest the resulting by-election in the constituency

Here is everything you need to know about Galway West before heading to the polls on November 29th.

She will stand in Galway West after she and Councillor John Connolly were both selected to stand at a party convention.