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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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‘There’s no democracy in there, democracy has gone out the window’ – Kilkenny councillor slams 15% property tax hike

By Kilkenny Now 29th September 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN A KILKENNY councillor has launched a scathing attack on the local authority over the controversial decision to hike the local property tax by 15% next year. Denis Hynes, along his fellow Labour councillor Tómas Breathnach, the Greens’ Malcolm Noonan and Independent Eugene McGuinness, were the only local representatives to oppose the measure […]

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ELECTIONS 2019: FG win two more seats as John Brennan and David Fitzgerald elected

By Kilkenny Now 26th May 2019 0

AND then there were 10… Fine Gael have claimed another two seats on Kilkenny County Council. Sitting councillor John Brennan was elected on the third count in the Castlecomer area with 1,493 first preference votes. Meanwhile David Fitzgerald has taken the fourth seat in Kilkenny City after he picked up enough transfers from the second […]

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ELECTIONS 2019: First tallies in, see how the parties and candidates are faring

By Kilkenny Now 25th May 2019 0

COUNTING is well underway and the first tallies for Kilkenny’s four electoral areas have come in. The final picture, of course, won’t be known until the final votes and transfers are in and there may still be a few twists in the 2019 local election tale. But we are seeing a broad picture emerging, and […]