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Taoiseach confirms ‘right date’ for General Election

By Kilkenny Now 12th September 2019 0

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar said that May 2020 is the “right moment” for the next General Election. Speaking at a Fine Gael party think-in today, the Taoiseach signalled he wants to met US President Donald Trump in the White House on St Patrick’s Day and attend an EU Council meeting in March before calling an election. […]

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Fine Gael ‘soliders’ ready for General Election battle: Minister Phelan

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2019 0

MINISTER John Paul Phelan said he is delighted with Fine Gael’s performance in the Kilkenny local elections. And he warned the party’s “soldiers” are ready to do battle if a General Election is called soon. Minster Phelan told KilkennyNow.ie: “The party membership are ready, the soldiers are on the ground and ready to go when […]

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‘The sooner the better’ – poll topper Pat Fitzpatrick looking forward to General Election

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2019 0

CASTLECOMER poll topper Pat Fitzpatrick is already looking ahead to the next General Election in the wake of Fianna Fáil’s dominant performance in the local elections. The party captured 11 of the 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council, two more than their Fine Gael rivals. Cllr Fitzpatrick was the first councillor past the post in […]

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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 […]