When two TDs left for bigger gigs last year it triggered elections to fill their places.
Fine Gael’s Paschal Donohoe left for a big job at the World Bank and Independent TD Catherine Connolly left for a bigger job in Áras an Uachtaráin.
On Friday voters in Dublin Central and in Galway West will be faced with long ballot papers, but The Irish Times/Ipsos B&A polls suggest the early emergence of a small number of clear favourites in both constituencies.
But who are they? How did the candidates perform in the last week of canvassing? And will the Government have a bad day at the polls?
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Irish Times political editor Pat Leahy gives his take on what’s happening in these two constituencies and predicts who will win.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Declan Conlon.
