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Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan pulls out of race to become World Trade chief

By Kilkenny Now 29th June 2020 0

Ireland’s Commissioner to the EU, Klikenny’s Phil Hogan, has pulled out of the race to become the new World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Director-General. Mr Hogan made the announcement this morning, stating “the World Trade Organisation is in crisis” and has returned to his position as Trade Commissioner of the European Union. Commissioner Hogan said: “The […]

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24/7 Cardiac Care group calls for rejection of ‘programme for government’

By Colin Bartley 23rd June 2020 Post a comment

A local lobby group is calling on those who have a say in voting on the ‘Programme for Government’ to reject the proposal as our elected representative in the region have “once again left down” the people of the South East. The South East Patient Advocacy Group (SEPAG) who have campaigned tirelessly for 24/7 Cardiac […]

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General Election 2020: All the candidates for the Carlow/ Kilkenny constituency

By Colin Bartley 14th January 2020 0

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this afternoon visited Áras an Uachtaráin to ask President Michael D Higgins to dissolve the 32nd Dáil Éireann. We now face into 23 days of what will certainly be intensive, divisive and intriguing campaigning for the 159 available Dáil seats. Experts and analysts alike think this election could hark back to the […]

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Kilkenny’s Big Phil attacks ‘unelected’ Boris, accuses British PM of ‘gambling’ with peace process

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY IRELAND’S EU Commissioner – the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan – has launched the biggest EU broadside yet at new UK leader Boris Johnson, calling him an “unelected” Prime Minister who is “gambling” with the peace process. Mr Hogan attacked the direction the British Government is taking on Brexit and, using a […]

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Ban on public and media attending Kilkenny council policy meetings overturned

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE DECISION of county councillors to ban the media and the public from Kilkenny County Council’s policy meetings has been reversed. The U-turn was led by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, the parties who originally pushed for the ban. The ban was put in place following a vote at June’s monthly council […]

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Kilkenny Council applied for just €22k from €13m fund to house Travellers

By Kilkenny Now 12th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Council applied for just €22,000 from a fund of €13 million designated for Traveller specific accommodation. But despite the small amount it applied for, the council has actually drawn down €171,000 from the Traveller accommodation scheme in the first six months of the year. Before the start of each year, […]

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Kilkenny councillors reverse ban on press and public from policy meetings

By Kilkenny Now 18th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Councillors have rowed back on their decision to ban the public and press from their policy meetings. On Friday, June 7th the city and county’s newly elected councillors voted by 19 votes to five to exclude the public and press from all its strategic policy committees (SPCs). Apart from Cllr […]