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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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Local MEP backs calls for Norway to be banned from fishing in Irish waters

By Kilkenny Now 29th October 2024 0

Ireland South MEP Kathleen Funchion has called for Norway to be banned from fishing in Irish waters. The former Kilkenny TD backed calls by the Irish fishing sector for the ban, saying:  “Irish coastal and fishing communities have been neglected by successive Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael governments. What should be a thriving community and […]

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‘Relax EU rules to end housing crisis’ – local MEP and former Kilkenny TD

By Kilkenny Now 25th October 2024 0

Ireland South MEP Kathleen Funchion has called for an exemption to EU fiscal rules to allow for greater investment in housing. The new fiscal rules came into force on April 30, with the aim of keeping budget deficits below 3% of GDP and public debts below 60% However, the former Kilkenny TD has called for […]

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Carlow-Kilkenny emerging as key General Election battleground

By Kilkenny Now 7th October 2024 0

The Carlow-Kilkenny constituency is gearing up to be one of the key battlegrounds that will decide the next government. The Coalition’s bumper giveaway Budget – and the decision to bring forward the Finance Bill by a week – has reignited speculation Taoiseach Simon Harris will go to the country early. And pressure from Mr Harris’s […]

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SPONSORED: Child maintenance reforms will make ‘significant difference’ to lone parent families in Kilkenny and Carlow

By Kilkenny Now 21st November 2022 0

Sinn Féin TD for Carlow-Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion has welcomed the publication of the report by the Child Maintenance Review Group which was established in 2020. The report concluded that child maintenance is in need of immediate and radical reform, urgency the local Sinn Féin TD says she has repeatedly sought from Government on this issue. These reforms will […]

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‘Families need action now’ – Kilkenny TD calls for ‘cost of living’ cash payments

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2022 0

A Kilkenny TD has called for people to be given a ‘cost of living’ cash payment to combat rampant inflation. Deputy Kathleen Funchion said that while the Government’s €100 energy credit “is better than nothing”, it does not go far enough. Her party is instead calling for people earning up to €30,000 to be given […]

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Winter of discontent: Kilkenny pensioners stuck in backlog for home energy upgrades

By Kilkenny Now 20th October 2020 Post a comment

Older people and those on lower incomes in Kilkenny are facing a double whammy of increased fuel prices amid a backlog of householders who have been left waiting for energy upgrades to be made to their homes, a local TD has said. Deputy Kathleen Funchion warned some of the most vulnerable in our society are […]

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ELECTION 2020 FINAL COUNT: Drama as Bobby Aylward loses last seat in battle royale with Green’s Malcolm Noonan

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2020 0

After a long day and night, and a final push today, the results for Carlow-Kilkenny are now all in. The people have spoken, and the final verdict of the 2020 General Election sees two local TDs lose their seats to Dáil newcomers. After the eighth count, Jennifer Murnane (FF) and John Paul Phelan (FG) took […]

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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