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POLL SHOCK: Sinn Féin overtakes Fine Gael just days before election

By Kilkenny Now 2nd February 2020 Post a comment

Fine Gael’s nine years in power looks to be at an end after two shock polls found they have been overtaken by Sinn Féin. With less than a week to go before next Saturday’s election, Fine Gael’s slogan ‘a future to look forward to’ does not appear be chiming with voters. And the party looks […]

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ELECTION 2020: Row as Kilkenny man – EU Commissioner Phil Hogan – told to ‘stay out of Irish politics’

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2020 0

Kilkenny man – Ireland’s EU Commissioner Phil Hogan – has been caught in the middle of an election row over comments he made this week about Brexit. Earlier this week, ahead of Britain’s formal departure from the EU on Friday, Mr Hogan said he is “very concerned” with what he saw in Ireland regarding Brexit […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Enjoy the election poetry – we’ll be back to prose soon enough

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2020 0

Unless opinion polls have been getting it badly wrong, the result of this General Election is unlikely to be very different from the outcome of the last one. In 2016, Fine Gael got just over 25% of the first preference vote and Fianna Fáil a little over 24%. Support for the two big parties has […]

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500 local children waiting over a year for vital healthcare services: Kilkenny TD

By Kilkenny Now 16th December 2019 2

A total of 2,436 children Kilkenny and neighbouring Carlow are waiting to access primary healthcare services – and more than 500 of them have been waiting for over one year. The figures, compiled by Fianna Fáil, reveal 90,000 children are currently waiting for primary care across the country. A further 117,000 children are waiting for […]

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Outspoken Kilkenny TD prepared to defy party and bring down Government

By Kilkenny Now 6th December 2019 0

Outspoken Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has said he is prepared to defy his own party and bring down the Government. Deputy McGuinness has indicated he will back a motion of no confidence in the Government if one is tabled in the Dáil, according to reports. Such a move would be in defiance of Fianna Fáil […]

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‘People are beginning to suffer’ – John McGuinness calls on Fianna Fail to bring down Government

By Kilkenny Now 29th November 2019 Post a comment

A Kilkenny TD has called on his party to bring down the Government by cutting its supply and confidence arrangement with Fine Gael. Deputy John McGuinness wants a general election held as early as the New Year. However, the Fianna Fáil leadership has indicated they will not force an election until April or May at […]

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Kilkenny Minister admits mistakingly casting vote for colleague

By Kilkenny Now 21st October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY TD admitted he once cast a vote for a colleague in Dáil Eireann accidentally, but he immediately corrected the “mistake” and had it properly recorded. Junior Minister John Paul Phelan said he once pressing the wrong button during a vote in Leinster House. But he instantly realised he had made […]

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REVEALED: Three former Kilkenny councillors to get €144k in ‘retirement’ payments

By Kilkenny Now 16th October 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY THREE former Kilkenny county councillors who chose not to seek re-election or who failed to regain their seat in the recent local elections will receive a total of €144,000 in ‘retirement gratuity payments’, new figures reveal. Councillors who did not return to the local authority chamber are entitled to a payment, which […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Too many teams and they’re all left-wingers

By Kilkenny Now 2nd October 2019 0

THE first item on an Irish political agenda is The Split, said Brendan Behan, and the Left has always done its best to prove him correct. Of late it has excelled itself and Paul Murphy’s establishment of a new party (group is the word the TD prefers) leaves Irish socialism more divided than at any […]

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‘There’s no democracy in there, democracy has gone out the window’ – Kilkenny councillor slams 15% property tax hike

By Kilkenny Now 29th September 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN A KILKENNY councillor has launched a scathing attack on the local authority over the controversial decision to hike the local property tax by 15% next year. Denis Hynes, along his fellow Labour councillor Tómas Breathnach, the Greens’ Malcolm Noonan and Independent Eugene McGuinness, were the only local representatives to oppose the measure […]