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ELECTION 2024: ‘Make your vote count’ – Kilkenny voters have their say

By Kilkenny Now 29th November 2024 0

After three weeks of intense campaigning by parties across the political spectrum, General Election day has finally arrived. And here in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency, a nail biting ballot will decide which five of the 20 local candidates will be returned to the 34th Dáil. The exit of two sitting Dáil deputies – retiring Fine Gael […]

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Let there be light: Kilkenny TD welcomes changes to planning rules

By Kilkenny Now 12th October 2022 0

Revised planning exemptions for the installation of rooftop solar panels on houses and other buildings signed by Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien are a “common sense move” that will pave the way for far more homes, businesses, schools and other buildings to become far more sustainable, according to Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan. “This is a […]

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Jobs boom in Kilkenny and region despite pandemic: new figures

By Kilkenny Now 23rd February 2022 0

Despite the pandemic, some 17,500 new jobs were created in Kilkenny and the south east last year. New figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show employement in the region grew by 9.3% last year, and by just over a third (34%) over the past decade. A record 2.48 million people are now at […]

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Kilkenny gets €1.5m for local road and bridge works

By Kilkenny Now 15th February 2022 0

The Government today announced Kilkenny will get just under €1.5 million funding for road and bridge safety works. The funding was welcomed by Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan. Deputy Phelan said: “The investment announced this morning includes €567,000 for climate change adaptation and resilience works and €247,000 for bridge rehabilitation work on regional and local

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€500,000 to restore 47 vacant properties in Kilkenny for social housing

By Kilkenny Now 15th September 2020 Post a comment

Almost €500,000 has been earmarked for 47 vacant properties in Kilkenny which will be refurbished and returned to the social housing list as part of a Government scheme to tackle homelessness. Kilkenny County Council received a €474,873 allocation from the Department of Housing to refurbish the social housing units. Once completed, they will then be re-let […]

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Kilkenny cancer charity to get €33,000 as part of Government’s stability package

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2020 0

A Kilkenny cancer support charity is set to receive  €33,000 in assistance from the Government to aid its efforts in helping vulnerable citizens during the Covid-19 crisis. The Cois Nore Cancer Support Centre in Walkinslough in Kilkenny is to receive €33,372 as part of the government’s Covid-19 Stability Fund Cois Noir is part of the […]

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ELECTION 2020: Count 9 – Bobby lives to fight another countdown

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2020 0

Just when we thought it was all over, the battle for the fifth and final seat continues after sitting TD Bobby Aylward clung with with just enough transfers to force another count. Just 699 votes now seperate Deputy Aylward from the Green’s Malcolm Noonan after John Paul Phelan’s surplus wwas divided up. Some 458 of […]

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ELECTION 2020: Count 8 – Murnane O’Connor and Phelan take third and fourth seats in Carlow-Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2020 0

Carlow-Kilkenny has a new female TD. Fianna Fáil’s Jennifer Murnane O’Connor (FF) has been elected to the 33rd Dáil after the eighth count in the constituency battle of the 2020 General Election. She is joined by sitting Fine Gael TD John Paul Phelan, who was also elected on the eighth count at the Lyrath Estate […]

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ELECTION 2020: Count 7 – Pat Deering loses his seat, Noonan leapfrogs Aylward

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2020 0

The Carlow-Kilkenny constituency battle has claimed its first big victim after outgoing TD Pat Deering lost his seat following the seventh count this morning. No remaining candidate managed to reach the quota this time around. Deering’s 7,143 votes are now being distributed among the candidates still standing – and it’s expected his carlow-based rival

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ELECTION 2020: Count 6 – McGuinness finally reaches quota to take seat, counting to resume in morning

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2020 Post a comment

Kilkenny’s traditional poll topper John McGuinness has been re-elected to Dáil Éireann at the sixth count in the Carlow Kilkenny constituency battle of the 2020 General Election. The outspoken Fianna Fáil TD has to settle for second place this time around after Kathleen Funchion polled 17,493 first preference votes on the back of a strong […]