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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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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 […]

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ELECTIONS 2019: Fianna Fáil polling strongest in Kilkenny city, Green wave sweeps across country

By Kilkenny Now 25th May 2019 0

AS a ‘Green’ wave sweeps across the country, closer to home it’s the green of Fianna Fáil which appears to be polling strongest in the Kilkenny local elections, according to early tallies. In Kilkenny city, Green Party councillor Malcolm Noonan’s seat is safe, and he is likely to be joined by three Fianna Fáil elected […]

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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 […]