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By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2020 Post a comment

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Motorists clocked way over speed limit as Storm Dennis raged

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2020 0

Rogue drivers were clocked driving over the legal speed limit on the M9 Motorway even as Storm Dennis made driving conditions trecherous. Gardai the Kilkenny-Carlow division reported a number of motorists driving at excessive speeds in spite of the poor conditions. A local Garda spokesperson urged people to: “Please slow down and expect the unexpected, […]

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ELECTION 2020 FINAL COUNT: Drama as Bobby Aylward loses last seat in battle royale with Green’s Malcolm Noonan

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2020 0

After a long day and night, and a final push today, the results for Carlow-Kilkenny are now all in. The people have spoken, and the final verdict of the 2020 General Election sees two local TDs lose their seats to Dáil newcomers. After the eighth count, Jennifer Murnane (FF) and John Paul Phelan (FG) took […]

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ELECTION 2020: Count 9 – Bobby lives to fight another countdown

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2020 0

Just when we thought it was all over, the battle for the fifth and final seat continues after sitting TD Bobby Aylward clung with with just enough transfers to force another count. Just 699 votes now seperate Deputy Aylward from the Green’s Malcolm Noonan after John Paul Phelan’s surplus wwas divided up. Some 458 of […]

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ELECTION 2020: Count 8 – Murnane O’Connor and Phelan take third and fourth seats in Carlow-Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2020 0

Carlow-Kilkenny has a new female TD. Fianna Fáil’s Jennifer Murnane O’Connor (FF) has been elected to the 33rd Dáil after the eighth count in the constituency battle of the 2020 General Election. She is joined by sitting Fine Gael TD John Paul Phelan, who was also elected on the eighth count at the Lyrath Estate […]

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ELECTION 2020 UPDATE: Sinn Féin’s Kathleen Funchion on course to top poll in Carlow-Kilkenny – early tallies

By Kilkenny Now 9th February 2020 0

Sinn Féin TD Kathleen Funchion is on course to top the poll in Carlow-Kilkenny and may be the only candidate to reach the quota in the constituency. Early tallies show Deputy Funchion is mopping up a huge vote in Carlow, polling just behind Fianna Fáil’s Jennifer Murnane O’Connor and considerably ahead of locally-based Fine Gael […]

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SPONSORED: Kathleen Funchion TD: ‘I want to help with housing, cut the cost of childcare and peg the pension age’

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2020 0

Kathleen Funchion sees policy priorities at both ends of the age scale. The Sinn Féin TD wants to peg the State pension age back to 65 and, if re-elected in Carlow-Kilkenny, intends to work for a big reduction in child-care costs. “Sinn Féin wants to reduce childcare costs by up to 66% over a term […]

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ELECTION 2020: Thousands of farming families left ‘high and dry’ by Government – Kilkenny TD

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2020 0

Thousands of families have been left “high and dry” by the outgoing government’s failure to implement changes to the Fair Deal Scheme, a local TD has said. Carlow-Kilkenny TD Bobby Aylward said “crucial changes” that were promised to farmers in 2017 have never materialised. Deputy Aylward, who is seeking to be re-elected as a Fianna […]

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‘A national scandal’ – Carlow-Kilkenny TD says State is failing children with autism

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2020 0

The next government must make a National Autism Empowerment Strategy a priority, Carlow-Kilkenny TD and General Election candidate Kathleen Funchion has said. Deputy Funchion said Sinn Féin, currently riding high in the polls, will introduce an Autism Empowerment Act if they are part of the next government. The Carlow-Kilkenny TD spoke out after a large […]

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Cats crack Carlow early as Kilkenny coast to victory

By Kilkenny Now 2nd February 2020 0

It may be harsh on the host but after James Maher goaled on ten minutes for Kilkenny this game was all but up as a contest. Kilkenny saw off Carlow comprehensively on a scoreline of 3-21 to 0-09 in the National Hurling League 1B tie in Netwatch Cullen Park in Carlow. It was a very […]