Taoiseach Micheál Martin has vowed that he will lead Fianna Fáil into the next general election, and insisted he won’t be stepping down as leader when Simon Harris becomes taoiseach next year.

Fine Gael has opened the nomination process to select its candidate for the Galway West by-election.

MULTIPLE schools in Galway will close for one day when a by-election to replace Catherine Connolly is held. The Dail seat has been vacated by the new President of Ireland, who took office on Novemb…