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Sadness as former Carlow-Kilkenny general election candidate passes away

By Kilkenny Now 7th January 2021 0

A former Labour Party candidate who stood in three general elections in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency has passed away. Jim Townsend (83), a former Senator from Carlow town, ran in the 1997, 2002 and 2007 general elections, narrowly missing out on a seat in his second election when he was eliminated in the last count. On […]

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

By Kilkenny Now 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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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 […]