Yes, Connolly is yet another Galway Socialist with an eerily similar CV to Michael D - former lecturer, former Galway Mayor, former Labour Councillor - and Gaeilgoir. Has all the essential credentials i.e the mandatory interest in "human rights," and the weary habit of getting involved in the politics of far-flung places, which are none of our business yet provide glowing media coverage at home. (Apart from when it goes spectacularly and embarrassingly wrong - she was instrumental in the campaign to award Aung San Suu Kyi the Freedom of Galway - which of course had to be revoked when they found out she didn't quite fit the profile.)
And it goes without saying that Palestine/Gaza looms large in her worldview. Sigh...