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REVEALED: Three former Kilkenny councillors to get €144k in ‘retirement’ payments

By Kilkenny Now 16th October 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY THREE former Kilkenny county councillors who chose not to seek re-election or who failed to regain their seat in the recent local elections will receive a total of €144,000 in ‘retirement gratuity payments’, new figures reveal. Councillors who did not return to the local authority chamber are entitled to a payment, which […]

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Kilkenny gardai to question cleric over controversial ‘gay’ zombie homily

By Kilkenny Now 5th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI in Kilkenny will interview a cleric as part of their investigation into a controversial homily that compared gay people to “spiritual zombies” that have been infected, it emerged today. A local Garda source confirmed investigating officers will question a member of the clergy over comments made from the altar during a […]

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Kilkenny gardai launch criminal probe into friar’s gay ‘zombie’ homily

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI in Kilkenny have launched an official investigation into the controversial homily by a Capuchin Friar that compared gay people to “spiritual zombies” that have been infected. Former Fianna Fáil councillor Patrick McKee made the criminal complaint to gardai in Kilkenny last week. Mr McKee said he believed the cleric’s comments

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Former Kilkenny councillor lodges complaint to gardai over friar’s ‘inciteful’ gay ‘zombie’ comments

By Kilkenny Now 14th June 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY A CRIMINAL complaint has been made to local gardai by a former Kilkenny city councillor over the controversial homily by a Capuchin Friar that compared gay people to “spiritual zombies” that have been infected. Former Fianna Fail councillor Patrick McKee made the complaint to gardai in Kilkenny yesterday evening. Speaking to KilkennyNow.ie […]