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MICHAEL WOLSEY: What will happen if the Greens say No

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2020 0

By the time you read this, most of the Green Party members will have voted on the Programme for Government.  It is all over bar the shouting, which will come on Friday when the counting stops. Since I would like to see a stable government formed, I am hoping for a Yes vote.  But, with […]

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‘For the first time in a long time I see a chink of light, a glimmer of hope’ – Kilkenny’s Green TD urges party members to back coalition deal

By Kilkenny Now 23rd June 2020 2

Local Green TD Malcolm Noonan has made an impassioned plea for party members to vote in favour of the new Programme for Government with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Deputy Noonan wrote a post urging support for the new ‘green deal’ as he “walked in the woods of Windgap” over the weekend. He said he […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Time to bury some myths about government

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2020 0

Before, during and since the talks on government formation a number of myths about the last general election have been regularly repeated. The first of these is that Sinn Féin won the election, or, as several of the party’s supporters told Joe Duffy’s Liveline programme, Sinn Féin “got the majority” of the votes. In fact […]

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Micheál Martin set to be next Taoiseach as Programme for Government agreed between FF, FG and Greens

By Kilkenny Now 15th June 2020 0

The Programme for Government has finally been agreed between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party. If passed by the party’s memberships it would see Micheál Martin serving as Taoiseach until December 2022. It follows over a month of intense talks between the three parties. The agreed docuement, if passed, will lay the foundations […]

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Green Party to enter talks to form next government

By Kilkenny Now 3rd May 2020 0

The Green Party has voted in favour of going into government formation talks. A statement from the party issued this evening confirmed: “The Green Parliamentary Party have decided today to enter formal talks with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael with a view to developing a programme for government. “We are conscious of the huge challenges […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: The birth of Fine Fáil … or is it Fianna Gael?

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2020 0

The coronavirus crisis has overshadowed the most important political development this country has witnessed in many a year. The agreement between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil has been labelled a game-changer but it has the potential to do more than that cliché suggests, to change not just the course of Ireland’s political game but the […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Thanks, folks, for looking after us

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2020 0

Last week, when the country took its first steps towards lockdown, I was glad the message came from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, not Taoiseach Micheál Martin or Taoiseach Mary Lou McDonald. I do not mean to disparage these leaders; I am sure they would have handled the task well.  But a new government and a new taoiseach […]

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Kilkenny councillor wants St Patrick’s Day parade called off

By Kilkenny Now 7th March 2020 0

Kilkenny councillor David Fitzgerald has called for the St Patrick’s Parade in the city to be cancelled. The Fine Gael member made the call on twitter despite the official position of the Government being that all major events should go ahead. Despite the official HSE position on #COVIDー19 #coronavirus #kilkenny ‘s St Patricks day parade […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: The people have spoken – but translation may take a while

By Kilkenny Now 26th February 2020 0

TD after TD  stood up in the Dail last week and declared that the people had spoken. Many said the verdict of the electorate was clear. Absolutely clear, said Brendan Howlin. Totally clear, said Pearse Doherty. Really? I don’t think so. The people have spoken but, so far as clarity goes, they might have been talking in the language of the ancient Aztecs or Incas.

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WATCH: Sinn Fein TD David Cullinane shouts ‘Up the Ra’ to supporters at victory event

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2020 Post a comment

Newly re-elected Sinn Fein TD for Waterford David Cullinane has defended shouting “up the RA” to supporters at at an event celebrating his 20,000-vote victory. In a video from a post-election rally, Mr Cullinane said: “Up the Republic, Up the ‘Ra. Tiocfaidh ár Lá.” In the video he tells the supporters that one of the ten […]