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‘It’s madness, but I’ve as good a chance as anyone’ – Kilkenny’s sole candidate in Euro elections

By Kilkenny Now 26th April 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN “I’LL need a miracle – but I happen to believe in miracles …” Breda Gardner laughs away my query as to whether she stands a chance of being elected to the European Parliament next month. “This is madness,” she exclaims, but then adds seriously: “I’ve as good a chance as anyone else.” […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘When Britain finally leaves we should shut the EU door and change the locks’

By Kilkenny Now 13th April 2019 0

I WAS in Manchester on the day Theresa May first announced she had secured a deal with the European Union. I recalled the visit this week when the British prime minister reluctantly accepted the offer of a further six months to get that withdrawal agreement through parliament. I had been visiting Irish friends who are […]

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EU will have to support local farmers and businesses – Kilkenny TD John McGuinness

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2019 0

KILKENNY TD John McGuinness has said Europe will have to provide funding to help local farmers and companies to access new markets if Britain crashes out of the EU without a deal. Deputy McGuinness was speaking as a new report published by the Department of Finance and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) this morning […]

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EU-UK trade war would ‘decimate’ local farming and food sectors – Kilkenny councillor

By Kilkenny Now 14th March 2019 0

LOCAL businesses, farmers and food production companies must be given supports in the event of a trade war between the EU and the UK, a local politician has warned. Cllr Patrick O’Neill was speaking after the latest twist in the ongoing Brexit drama, which has brought even more confusion and uncertainty about the future direction […]

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Beef farmers’ confidence ‘at all time low’, warns Kilkenny councillor

By Kilkenny Now 9th March 2019 0

BEEF farming has never faced such an uncertain future and farmers’ confidence is at an “all time low”, a Kilkenny councillor and General Election candidate said today. Councillor Patrick O’Neill (pictured below) spoke out in the wake of a recent Teagasc report which reveals beef farmers are earning an annual income of just €12,000, far […]

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Phil under fire: I wouldn’t make Hogan’s monthly salary in a year, says election candidate

By Kilkenny Now 6th March 2019 0

A EUROPEAN election candidate has accused Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan of accepting an “obscene amount of money” from the EU. Adrienne Wallace (pictured below) said the former Kilkenny TD was paid more than €300,000 a year, plus expenses. She said: “He has a basic monthly salary of €20,832, a ‘residence allowance’ of 15% of his […]