Irish presidential election: Catherine Connolly objected to major Galway projects including the bypass, new school campus, private hospital and new GAA ground

Irish presidential independent candidate Catherine Connolly arrives to take part in the final debate of the Irish presidential election campaign at the RTE studios in Donnybrook, Dublin. Photo: PA

On the last day of the Oireachtas term, Catherine Connolly bemoaned the lack of infrastructure in her native Galway.

“This is a major obstacle to development,” she said in the chamber to ­Tánaiste Simon Harris.