With the date of the upcoming by-elections expected in late May but still to be finalised, parties have mostly selected their candidates for Dublin Central and Galway West, as canvassing is getting under way on the ground.

With the date of the upcoming by-elections expected in late May but still to be finalised, parties have mostly selected their candidates for Dublin Central and Galway West, as canvassing is getting under way on the ground.

Sinn Féin has selected the party's chairperson in Galway West to contest the forthcoming by-election there.