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MICHAEL WOLSEY: How Fine Gael has shot itself in both feet

By Kilkenny Now 22nd May 2019 0

GOVERNMENTS rarely do well in local or European elections. Voters do not see either event as terribly important and usually take the opportunity to give parties in power a bit of kicking. They don’t need to look for an excuse this time out. Fine Gael has shot itself in both feet with two of the […]

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Kilkenny sports clubs receive €285,000 to fund 15 local projects

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2019 0

SPORTS clubs and organisations across Kilkenny will receive €285,309 in funding for 15 key local projects, it was announced today. The funding for Kilkenny is part of an overall €8.5 million that has been  allocated nationally from the latest round of Sports Capital Equipment Grants. Minister John Paul Phelan said the funding will be of […]

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Kilkenny at centre of turf war between rival FG Euro election candidates

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2019 0

By SINÉAD CONNOLLY A BITTER turf war has erupted between rival Fine Gael European election candidates in Kilkenny. KilkennyNow.ie has learned that Ireland South candidate, the Wicklow TD Andrew Doyle, has lodged a formal complaint to the party’s Director of Elections about his colleague, the sitting MEP Sean Kelly. Doyle’s campaign team, led by Carlow-Kilkenny […]

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POLL: How local constituency candidates are faring as election day looms

By Kilkenny Now 10th May 2019 0

FINE Gael is on course to top the poll in the European elections in this constituency with just two weeks to go before voters cast their ballots. An Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll of first preference votes published today shows Seán Kelly leading the way in the Ireland South constituency on 18%. Below Kelly, Sinn Féin’s […]

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Waterford FG members reject Minister Phelan’s plan for directly-elected mayors

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2019 0

MINISTER John Paul Phelan’s plans to have directly-elected mayors in every local authority have received a setback after one of his own party colleagues called for the proposal to be “withdrawn and forgotten about”. The Fine Gael mayor of Waterford, Declan Doocey, also said he is advising constituents to vote No in next month’s poll […]

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Calls for ban on delivery vans being used to promote election candidates in city

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

A KILKENNY councillor has called for a ban on vehicles being used to promote local election candidates in certain parts of the city. Cllr David Fitzgerald is putting a motion before the Municipal District Meeting this evening calling for a voluntary ban on delivery vans being used for political purposes. Speaking to KilkennyNow.ie, Cllr Fitzgerald […]

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Local youth clubs to benefit from €61,386 in new Government funding

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2019 0

YOUTH clubs in Kilkenny and neighbouring Carlow will benefit from €61,386 in Government funding. The funding represents a 12% increase in funding for the Local Youth Club Grand Scheme for 2019. Welcoming the announcement, Cllr Patrick O’Neill said the increased funding will provide small volunteer-led youth clubs with greater capacity to reach more local young […]

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Cllr Patrick O’Neill to contest General Election and fight local poll alongside father

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

KILKENNY councillor Patrick O’Neill has been unveiled as Fine Gael’s third candidate in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency to contest the next General Election. And the 31-year-old former Mayor of Kilkenny will battle it out in the looming local elections alongside his father Pat Snr, a former Senator who is a Fine Gael candidate in the Castlecomer […]

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POLL: Health and housing crises see Leo’s popularity slump to all-time low

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2019 0

THE Government’s botched handling of the health and housing crises have contributed to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s popularity levels plummeting to an all time low. Approval ratings for the Government and the Taoiseach remain both below 40% in the latest Behaviour & Attitudes poll published in The Sunday Times. The Taoiseach dropped 10 points to 38% […]