The Galway West Bye-election takes place on May 22nd following the election of former Independent TD to the President of Ireland Catherine Connolly. 🏛
Denman Rooke, People Before Profit PBP Candidate here, Artist & Designer, Galway. ⛵️ Transcript.
Politics & More. It's not just about Politics. There's More to it!
Denman Rooke: ‘’’I would like to be a thorn in the side to the government. Yeah’’
Mairead Kenny: OK, so you would like to join Paul Murphy and Richard Boyd Barrett in the Dáil and be there representing Galway and representing the rest of Ireland as well and holding the Government to account.
Denman Rooke: Yeah 100%.
’I’m an illustrator and designer for the last twenty years. I often work in kind of the creative, screen industries, games, animation, film and TV.''
Here’s Denman in action on his campaign in Galway.
‘Denman Rooke here with People Before Profit. It's kind of a shame that in Galway, the city Council refuses to see Palas as a public asset, a public amenity that should go to serve the people of Galway. As a city that prides itself in its cultural and arts, kind of nature, the idea that that, that we would let this building sit unused without the proper investment is, you know, a shame. It really is.
We in this campaign are calling on the city Council to publicly invest in making this a public cinema for use for the community and our arts workers and our arts creators to have the facility they need to create the kind of culture and art and film that we want to see.
Because life and living in a city is more than just the basic necessities. It's also about the creativity that we want to live and the enjoyment and entertainment we want to live together with the people in our city. That's why we're calling on the city Council to invest in this public asset and to bring new life into the Palas as a public theatre for the public good.’’ 19.05.2026 socialistdenman Denman Rooke at https://www.instagram.com/p/DYiGt7mO2gy/ ‘’We fully support the Save Pálás campaign to demand Galway City Council to reopen our art house cinema on a not-for-profit model. Living in a city is more than the bare necessities. We also need arts & culture.''
‘12-05-2026. ‘’Effort to reopen Galway's Pálás cinema abandoned as prospective operator withdraws’’ at https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0512/1573029-galways-palas-cinema/
As per Denman’s election leaflet
‘’Denman will stand up to the establishment parties – fighting for you, for real change. People Before Profit are the only party that will never do a deal with Fianna Fail or Fine Gael.’’
Denman has also stated:
‘’If elected I will fight for the people for Galway for a radical shift on housing and for an Ireland we can afford. I will also work to bring ordinary people together against attacks on our neutrality. We must resist the warmongers and those who want to spread hate and division.’’
Continued in Transcript.
Denman Rooke, Artist & Designer, Galway, People Before Profit Candidate.
Galway Central Bye Election, Notice of Poll, 14 Candidates at https://galwayreturningofficer.com/by-election-galway-west-2026/notice-of-poll-may-2026
People Before Profit, Denman Rooke selection at https://www.pbp.ie/denman-rooke-selected-as-people-before-profit-candidate-for-galway-west-by-election/
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Music & Credits.
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