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The new cabinet: Who got what in the Government carve-up

By Kilkenny Now 27th June 2020 0

The new Cabinet has been decided by Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar and Eamon Ryan of the Green Party. The Dáil is currently sitting in the Convention Centre to ratify their positions before they travel to Dublin Castle to receive their seals of office from President Michael D Higgins. The three party leaders are […]

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BREAKING: It’s Taoiseach Micheal Martin as Dáil sits in Convention Centre for historic vote

By Kilkenny Now 27th June 2020 0

Micheal Martin has been elected as the country’s fifteenth Taoiseach at a special sitting of the Dáil in the Convention Centre. The Fianna Fáil leader was elected with 93 votes supporting him. He takes over the position from Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar who now expected to become Tanaitse before retaking the top job in December […]

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It’s a deal: Greens back plan to enter Government by 76%

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2020 0

The votes have been counted and 139 days after the General Election on February, we have a new Government. The Green Party has backed the plan by 76% meaning Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is now expected to be elected Taoiseach at a special meeting of the Dáil tomorrow in Dublin’s Convention Centre. Fine Gael […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: What will happen if the Greens say No

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2020 0

By the time you read this, most of the Green Party members will have voted on the Programme for Government.  It is all over bar the shouting, which will come on Friday when the counting stops. Since I would like to see a stable government formed, I am hoping for a Yes vote.  But, with […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Time to bury some myths about government

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2020 0

Before, during and since the talks on government formation a number of myths about the last general election have been regularly repeated. The first of these is that Sinn Féin won the election, or, as several of the party’s supporters told Joe Duffy’s Liveline programme, Sinn Féin “got the majority” of the votes. In fact […]

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‘Unacceptable’ Government plan won’t save créches from going under – Kilkenny TD

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2020 0

A Kilkenny TD has expressed “huge disappointment” at the Government’s new plan to rescue the childcare sector. Local poll-topper Deputy Kathleen Funchion, who is also Sinn Féin’s frontbench spokesperson on children and youth affairs, said the plan outlined by the Government this week will not be enough to save many childcare centres in Kilkenny and […]

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Government plans to cut pandemic payment to part-time workers by 40%: report

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2020 0

The pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) for part-time workers is set to be significantly cut as part of the Government’s plan to reduce the massive welfare bill caused by the pandemic, according to a report this morning. The report in today’s Irish Independent states the €350-per-week payment will be cut to €203, in line with the […]

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TD wants Kilkenny workers to get pandemic payment until the end of 2020

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2020 0

A TD has said that cutting unemployment supports for those who have lost their jobs would present a massive blow to Kilkenny workers and families who have seen their incomes collapse as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. “Since the outbreak of Covid-19, more than 600,000 people have lost their jobs. Workers and families have […]

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Kilkenny’s early risers asked to support Pieta House’s sunrise appeal

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2020 0

The good people of Kilkenny are being asked to get up at the dawn on Saturday to help raise funds for Pieta House. The annual dawn walk Darkness Into Light, the main annual fundraiser for the suicide  charity, cannot take place as normal because of the Covid-19 restrictions. Instead, people are being asked to take […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: The birth of Fine Fáil … or is it Fianna Gael?

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2020 0

The coronavirus crisis has overshadowed the most important political development this country has witnessed in many a year. The agreement between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil has been labelled a game-changer but it has the potential to do more than that cliché suggests, to change not just the course of Ireland’s political game but the […]