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WATCH: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson contracts Coronavirus

By Kilkenny Now 27th March 2020 0

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for Covid-19. In a tweet he published on his personal account, the British Prime Minister said: “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus. “I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we […]

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UK ELECTION ANALYSIS: Not the result Ireland wanted but really the best we could get

By Kilkenny Now 13th December 2019 0

We don’t have a vote, but when it comes to UK elections most people in Ireland pick a side – and the side we mostly pick is Labour. An iReach survey, conducted in the days before polling, showed that 23% of adults in Ireland expected the Conservatives to win an overall majority but only 10% […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Boris beware, history has a warning for you …

By Kilkenny Now 30th October 2019 Post a comment

Boris Johnson has got the general election he wanted and goes to the country buoyed by opinion polls which suggest he could score a landslide victory over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. Be careful what you wish for, Mr Johnson. Theresa May thought she was heading for a landslide when she called a snap election in […]

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Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan could be ‘Britain’s saviour’ – report

By Kilkenny Now 13th September 2019 0

KILKENNY’S Phil Hogan, recently selected as the EU’s chief trade negotiator, could prove to be the British government’s best friend when it comes to hammering out a trade deal. That’s the expert view of The Irish Times political columnist Stephen Collins. He argues the Kilkenny man, despite his typically blunt criticism of British Prime Minister […]

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Kilkenny’s Big Phil attacks ‘unelected’ Boris, accuses British PM of ‘gambling’ with peace process

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY IRELAND’S EU Commissioner – the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan – has launched the biggest EU broadside yet at new UK leader Boris Johnson, calling him an “unelected” Prime Minister who is “gambling” with the peace process. Mr Hogan attacked the direction the British Government is taking on Brexit and, using a […]

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BREXIT BREAKING: Kilkenny’s Big Phil lays down the law to British Government

By Kilkenny Now 14th August 2019 0

IRELAND’S EU Commissioner – the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan – has bluntly told the British Government there will be no renegotiation of the withdrawal agreement. New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeatedly said the backstop, the insurance policy to avoid a hard border, must be abolished in order to prevent a chaotic no-deal […]

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Boris Johnson is the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

By Kilkenny Now 23rd July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY BORIS Johnson is the new UK Prime Minister. Mr Johnson defeated opponent Jeremy Hunt in the battle for the leadership of the UK Conservative Party, in effect gaining the keys to No 10, Downing Street. Both Johnson and Hunt ran a hardline pro-Brexit campaign, promising the UK would leave the EU on […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Boris, Brexit and a taste for Bisto nostalgia

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2019 0

THE roll-call of English prime ministers is long and distinguished, stretching back 500 years and more. It takes in my own namesake, the Great Cardinal, who was first minister to Henry VIII. It includes the Cromwells, Thomas and Oliver; Robert Walpole; the Pitts, father and son; Gladstone and Disraeli; Churchill and Atlee; Margaret Thatcher. You […]

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Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and a ‘world exclusive’ for Radio Kilkenny!

By Kilkenny Now 15th June 2019 0

BORIS Johnson, the leading contender to become the next British Prime Minister, has revealed how he recently mistook US President Donald Trump for a Kilkenny community radio station. Johnson made the revelation in an newspaper interview as he launched his campaign to replace Theresa May. When a call came through to his office purporting to […]