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Kilkenny TD calls on Mother and Baby Homes commissioners to ‘urgently’ appear before Dáil committee she heads up

By Kilkenny Now 3rd June 2021 0

A Carlow-Kilkenny TD has called on the Mother and Baby Homes commissioners to “urgently” appear before the Oireachtas Children’s Committee. Deputy Kathleen Funchion, who heads up the Dáil committee, spoke out after it emerged one of the commissioners who headed up the inquiry, Professor Mary Daly, took part in a Oxford University discussion about the […]

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Kilkenny people invited to help shape ‘historic legislation’

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2021 0

A local TD has urged people to “come forward” and be part of shaping “historic legislation” to give everyone a legal right to access their birth certs. The Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration has agreed to invite written submissions from interested groups and individuals on the General Scheme of the Birth Information

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Calls for three-year ban on rent hikes to ease Kilkenny’s housing crisis

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2021 0

A Kilkenny TD has caslled for an emergency three-year ban on rent increases and new laws to protect hard-pressed tenants. Deputy Kathleen Funchion is also calling for a refundable tax credit for tenants in the private rented sector “to put a month’s rent back in every renter’s pocket”. The Sinn Féin frontbencher spokes out as […]

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‘Family carers feel completely abandoned’ – Kilkenny TD challenges all parties to back new charter

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2021 0

A Kilkenny TD has launched a new charter to ensure family carers get the “financial and emotional support” they need to do their jobs. And Deputy Kathleen Funchion urged all parties to back Sinn Féin’s A Charter For Family Carers so that our carers are given the support “they are enetitled to”. Launching the document, […]

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‘Deeply disappointing’ – Kilkenny TD hits out at Government plan to rejuvinate our towns and villages

By Kilkenny Now 1st April 2021 0

A Kilkenny TD has accused the Government of failing rural Ireland. Deputy Kathleen Funchion has also criticised the Government’s ‘Our Rural Future’ policy paper, launched this week, for lacking a timeline for delivery and “failing to focus beyond remote working in order to achieve the ambitious change necessary”. The Sinn Féin frontbencher

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‘Give family carers a break’ – Funchion challenges rival Kilkenny TDs to back Dáil motion

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2021 0

A Kilkenny TD has challenged her constituency rivals to back her proposals “to stand up for family carers”. A new motion by local Sinn Féin TD Deputy Kathleen Funchion to ensure carere “get the support they deserve” will be debated in the Dáil tomorrow. Deputy Funchion said: “Carers have been abandoned by this Government for […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Be careful what you wish for, Mary Lou

By Kilkenny Now 17th March 2021 0

Sinn Féin is pushing for a Border poll and, in the run-up to St Patrick’s Day, pressed its case in America with  large and expensive newspaper ads, financed by a group of its supporters. The party should be careful what it wishes for. Its campaign is based on a correct assumption that the population of […]

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SPONSORED: KATHLEEN FUNCHION: Kilkenny tourism needs more support during these difficult times

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 Post a comment

Kilkenny has a long and proud traditional of the cead mile failte, but the last 13 months have tested this industry like never before. We all have fond memories of long summer nights in the city we love, full to the brim with excited American tourists taking in the sites of our ancient city. We […]

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Local TD urges Minister to review HAP as rents continue to rise in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 11th February 2021 0

A Kilkenny TD has called on Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien to review the current levels of Housing Assistance Payments (HAP). Deputy Funchion spoke out amid concerns that rents are continuing to rise shaply in Kilkenny, where local tenants are now forking out an average of €1,035 in monthly payments. The Sinn Féin frontbench spokesperson also […]

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‘Grave concerns’ – Kilkenny TD hits out as confusion mounts over vaccine rollout

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2021 0

A Kilkenny TD has accused the Government of failing to take the health and safety of childcare and early years educators seriously. Deputy Kathleen Funchion claimed the concerns of those working in the childcare and early years sector are being ignored as the Government allows their facilities to reopen. The sector is one of the […]