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€50,000 to eradicate notorious county Kilkenny accident blackspot

By Kilkenny Now 25th March 2019 0

A COUNTY Kilkenny community received some very welcome news today when it was confirmed that €50,000 has been allocated to make one of the county’s worst accident blackspots safe. The announcement of the funding for Murphy’s Cross was made by Goresbridge resident and the local and General Election candidate, Denis Hynes. It follows years of […]

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Vandalism to Kilkenny WW1 Memorial is ‘attack on the whole community’

By Kilkenny Now 6th March 2019 Post a comment

A POLITICIAN has decried the actions of the vandals who defaced the Kilkenny World War 1 Memorial, describing the incident as “an attack on the whole community”. Denis Hynes, the Labour Party General Election candidate for the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency, said the attack was an insult to all the Kilkenny people who, like his own, had […]

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‘I have big boots to fill’ – Denis Hynes vows to continue Cllr Maurice Shortall’s work

By Kilkenny Now 24th February 2019 0

LABOUR’S new candidate in Castlecomer Denis Hynes has vowed to continue the work of his predecessor, Cllr Maurice Shortall, and to campaign for more housing, safer roads, community and sport facilities. Mr Hynes was selected for at the Labour Party convention in Castlecomer Community Hall last week. His selection follows Cllr Shortall’s recent announcement that […]

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Denis Hynes to be confirmed as Labour candidate to replace Cllr Maurice Shorthall in Castlecomer

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2019 0

DENIS Hynes will be formally selected as the Labour Party’s candidate for the Castlecomer local electoral area tonight. Mr Hynes will be Labour’s sole candidate to run in the six seat ward in May’s local elections. The popular Goresbridge politician and Siptu official will also be his party’s candidate for the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency in the […]

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Fury as taxpayer bill for National Children’s Hospital set to rise to €2bn

By Kilkenny Now 31st January 2019 0

TAXPAYERS from Kilkenny and the rest of the country may be forced to fork out €2 billion to cover the spiralling cost of the National Children’s Hospital (NCH). The latest overspending bombshell to hit the beleaguered project was dropped by Labour TD Alan Kelly, who is also a member of the Dáil spending watchdog. Speaking […]

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Labour General Election candidate Denis Hynes to contest Cllr Maurice Shortall’s seat

By Kilkenny Now 28th January 2019 0

DENIS Hynes, the Labour Party’s Carlow-Kilkenny candidate in the next General Election, is putting his name forward to contest this year’s local elections, KilkennyNow.ie can reveal. Mr Hynes has revealed he was asked by his party colleague Cllr Maurice Shortall, who recently announced he was retiring from politics, to put his name forward to contest […]

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Man rushed to St Luke’s after second serious collision at notorious Kilkenny blackspot in just five days

By Kilkenny Now 8th January 2019 0

A MAN was rushed to St Luke’s General Hospital this morning following the second serious road collision at a notorious county Kilkenny accident blackspot in the space of just five days. The latest crash at the cross in Goresbridge occurred at around 9am this morning as local children were making their way to school. It […]