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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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Kilkenny election candidates turn to crowdfunding to back their campaigns

By Kilkenny Now 25th January 2020 0

General Election campaigns are not cheap to run and even more difficult for the candidates in Kilkenny who are not members of the big party machines. Because of this some of the candidates have turned to the public in an effort to level the funding playing field in an effort to get their faces into […]

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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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Green Party policies are ‘nuts’, says Kilkenny Minister as election battle gets underway

By Kilkenny Now 13th January 2020 0

Minister John Paul Phelan didn’t mince his words when he outlined his views about the Green Party during an Irish Farmers’ Association dinner in his native Kilkenny over the weekend. Despite stating his words were misrepresented, Minister Phelan has not watered down his sentiments and reiterated his belief that some of the policies promoted by […]

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Kilkenny councillor appointed to EU body shaping regional and urban development

By Kilkenny Now 5th November 2019 0

A Kilkenny county councillor has been appointed to a European Union body which advises policy regarding how we develop cities and regions. Malcolm Noonan, the Green Party Councillor for Kilkenny, has been appointed to the European Union’s Committee of the Regions (CoR). Mr Noonan, who is the Green Party’s National spokesperson for Local Government, was […]

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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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MALCOLM NOONAN: ‘Be on the right side of history: our planet is burning’

By Kilkenny Now 19th September 2019 0

TOMORROW marks the biggest mobilisation of climate and environmental activism in history – and the Green Party is urging the people of Kilkenny to rise up and join the movement. History is being made, and we all need to decide which side of history we want to be on. Young people inspired by the actions […]

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RAINFOREST FIRES: Kilkenny councillor urges Brazilian Ambassador to end ‘ecocide’

By Kilkenny Now 29th August 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN LOCAL Green councillor Malcolm Noonan has urged Ireland’s EU Commissioner – the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan – to scrap the controversial trade deal with South America as wildfires continue to rage across the Amazon rainforest. Councillor Noonan said the Mercosur deal between the EU and South American countries would encourage further […]

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‘We must act’ – Kilkenny Council challenged to show leadership on climate crisis

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2019 0

GREEN Party councillor Malcolm Noonan has challenged the newly elected Kilkenny County Council to show leadership in tacking the climate change crisis.with the support of the Labour Party, Cllr Noonan, with the support of the Labour Party, has tabled a motion for the June monthly meeting calling for the council to declare a climate and […]

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EURO ELECTIONS: Battle for Ireland South to drag on for up to four more weeks

By Kilkenny Now 30th May 2019 0

THE final list of elected candidates for the Ireland South constituency will not be known until June 21 after Sinn triggered a full recount in the European Parliament election. The recount will begin at 9am next Tuesday morning in Cork and could cost the State up to €1m. The recount decision was made after it […]