Just one TD has still been elected to represent Carlow-Kilkenny in the 33rd Dáil after the fourth count in the local General Election 2020 poll. Traditional poll topper John McGuinness, now on 11,622 votes, is just a whisker short of the 12,274 quota to confirm his re-election to Dáil Éireann. Independent candidiate Alan Hayes, a […]
The Carlow-Kilkenny constituency is traditionally one of the most conservative in the country, and up until recently it was widely expected to return three Fianna Fáil TDs and two from Fine Gael, with Sinn Féin’s Kathleen losing out. Or so we thought… Now the tide appears to have turned fairly dramatically in Kathleen’s favour following […]
Two new names have beaten the deadline and have had their names added to the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency ballot paper as the competition for next month’s General Election heats up. Alan Hayes and Angela Ray (pictured above) have confirmed they will run as Independent candidates in the constituency, bringing to 14 the number of people putting […]