Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"[Protesters'] businesses were about to go under...they had nothing to lose": Galway West by-election candidate Cllr. Noel Thomas discusses his support for the fuel protests, political disconnect, immigration, and accusations of racism from "the Left":

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