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It’s a deal: Greens back plan to enter Government by 76%

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2020 0

The votes have been counted and 139 days after the General Election on February, we have a new Government. The Green Party has backed the plan by 76% meaning Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is now expected to be elected Taoiseach at a special meeting of the Dáil tomorrow in Dublin’s Convention Centre. Fine Gael […]

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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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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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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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Disability rights campaigner ‘honoured’ to fill vacant Green seat on Kilkenny Council

By Kilkenny Now 24th February 2020 0

Disability rights campaigner Maria Dollard will be co-opted onto Kilkenny County Council this evening. Ms Dollard was selected to fill the seat vacated by the election of Malcolm Noonan to Dáil Éireann. The new Green councillor, whose daughter Lucy shot to fame as one of Kilkenny’s representative athletes in the Special Olympics World Games, is […]

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ELECTION 2020: Counting resumes in Carlow-Kilkenny, Greens eye Bobby’s seat

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2020 0

It’s all to play for with five candidates still in with a shout of taking the three remaining seats in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency. Just two seats were filled after six rounds of counting last night. Kathleen Funchion topped the poll in spectacular fashion after she recieved 17,493 first preference votes. She was followed by Fianna […]

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Ignore the Yellow weather warning – it’s time to get out and vote!

By Kilkenny Now 8th February 2020 0

The posters are up, the debates are done and dusted and the canvassers have pounded the pavement which means the only thing left to do is vote. But Kilkenny people are being urged to get out and vote early as Met Éireann are expecting the weather to take a major turn for the worst. The […]