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Phil Hogan and chief US agriculture negotiator to speak at Kilkenny conference

By Kilkenny Now 8th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TWO heavyweights of global agriculture will share a platform in Kilkenny next weekend. Ireland’s EU Commissioner from Kilkenny, Phil Hogan, will be joined at one of Ireland’s most important agricultural conferences by his US counterpart. Gregg Doud, the chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative, will address […]

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Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan to be handed EU’s most important Commission portfolio

By Kilkenny Now 2nd September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE Irish EU Commissioner from Kilkenny looks set to be handed one of the European Union’s most powerful roles. Reports coming from Brussels say Phil Hogan, who is currently the EU Agriculture Commissioner, is set to be given the Trade Commissioner role. It is understood Commissioner Hogan met with new Commission President […]

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‘Kilkenny farmers’ livelihoods on the line’ – local TD has beef with Minister

By Kilkenny Now 29th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY farmers are facing into a desperate situation, with some being forced to consider giving up their farms and going out of business, a local TD has warned. Kilkenny TD Bobby Aylward today called on the Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to protect Kilkenny’s beef farmers by applying for emergency funding from the […]

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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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Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan still set for €300k EU job, Taoiseach snubs new Council President

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has given Kilkenny’s EU Commissioner his full support by ignoring a request from the new president of the EU Commission. Last week the new EU Commission president-elect Ursula von der Leyen, requested the name of both a man and a woman from each member state to be put […]

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Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan ‘renominated’ for €300k EU Commissioner role

By Kilkenny Now 9th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FORMER Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan has been nominated for a second term as Ireland’s European Commissioner. Commissioner Hogan was put forward for the €300,000 Commissioner role by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, at a Cabinet meeting in Dublin today. The Taoiseach praised the work of Commissioner Hogan in his initial term in Europe, […]

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Daggers out for Kilkenny’s Big Phil – and local TD is sharpening the knife

By Kilkenny Now 4th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY EU Commissioner Phil Hogan is facing a fight for his political life in the wake of the bitter fallout over the controversial trade deal with South America. And the former Kilkenny TD is facing opposition from within his own party and constituency ranks after Fine Gael’s Carlow-based Deputy Pat Deering called on […]

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EU Commissioner and former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan defends meetings with local lobby groups

By Kilkenny Now 11th February 2019 0

EU Commissioner and former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan has defended the number of meetings he has held with local lobby groups. The former minister has been named among a handful of EU commissioners who had a “disproportionately large” number of meetings with lobbyists and business groups from their home countries, according to a group that […]