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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Thanks, folks, for looking after us

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2020 0

Last week, when the country took its first steps towards lockdown, I was glad the message came from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, not Taoiseach Micheál Martin or Taoiseach Mary Lou McDonald. I do not mean to disparage these leaders; I am sure they would have handled the task well.  But a new government and a new taoiseach […]

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‘Double child benefit payments to working parents’ – Kilkenny TD

By Kilkenny Now 13th March 2020 Post a comment

A Kilkenny TD has called on the Government to double child benefit payments to working parents to ease the financial burden caused by the Covid-19 emergency. Sinn Féin poll topper Kathleen Funchion said the spread of the coronavirus will hit many hard-pressed parents in the pocket. Deputy Funchion said: “I would ask the department to […]

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‘We can’t wait any longer’ – Kilkenny TD calls for set-up of cross-party committee on autism

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2020 0

A Kilkenny TD is calling for the creation of an Oireachtas Autism Committee to be made a priority while the nation waits for a government to be formed. Sinn Féin TD Kathleen Funchion has written to the Ceann Comhairle Seán O’Fearghail asking that the establishment of an all-party Oireachtas Committee on Autism be prioritised over […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: The people have spoken – but translation may take a while

By Kilkenny Now 26th February 2020 0

TD after TD  stood up in the Dail last week and declared that the people had spoken. Many said the verdict of the electorate was clear. Absolutely clear, said Brendan Howlin. Totally clear, said Pearse Doherty. Really? I don’t think so. The people have spoken but, so far as clarity goes, they might have been talking in the language of the ancient Aztecs or Incas.

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‘Now is not time for a leadership challenge’ – Kilkenny TD warns of crises facing country as pressure mounts on Martin

By Kilkenny Now 13th February 2020 0

The country is facing serious crises that need immediate attention and cannot be put on the long finger as rival parties scramble to form a new government, Kilkenny TD John McGuinness said today. Speaking on his way into the first Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting since the bombshell 2020 General Election, Deputy McGuinness said the […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Days of death and mayhem with the jolly old Ra

By Kilkenny Now 12th February 2020 0

‘Up the Ra’ sounds like a jolly sort of cry, the sort of thing you might playfully shout in support of your favourite football team. A good friend of mine had her life destroyed by the jolly old Ra. She was shopping in Belfast when a bomb they had planted blew her across the street. […]

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WATCH: Sinn Fein TD David Cullinane shouts ‘Up the Ra’ to supporters at victory event

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2020 Post a comment

Newly re-elected Sinn Fein TD for Waterford David Cullinane has defended shouting “up the RA” to supporters at at an event celebrating his 20,000-vote victory. In a video from a post-election rally, Mr Cullinane said: “Up the Republic, Up the ‘Ra. Tiocfaidh ár Lá.” In the video he tells the supporters that one of the ten […]

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ELECTION 2020 ANALYSIS: Three-card trick with only one winner

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2020 0

The sweeping electoral success of Sinn Féin has dealt the party a winning hand when it comes to forming a government. There are three probable options. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and some independents form a grand coalition. Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil form a government or work together in some variation on confidence and supply. There is another general election.

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ELECTION 2020: Counting resumes in Carlow-Kilkenny, Greens eye Bobby’s seat

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2020 0

It’s all to play for with five candidates still in with a shout of taking the three remaining seats in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency. Just two seats were filled after six rounds of counting last night. Kathleen Funchion topped the poll in spectacular fashion after she recieved 17,493 first preference votes. She was followed by Fianna […]

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ELECTION 2020: Count 4 – McGuinness edges towards seat, Alan Hayes is eliminated

By Kilkenny Now 9th February 2020 0

Just one TD has still been elected to represent Carlow-Kilkenny in the 33rd Dáil after the fourth count in the local General Election 2020 poll. Traditional poll topper John McGuinness, now on 11,622 votes, is just a whisker short of the 12,274 quota to confirm his re-election to Dáil Éireann. Independent candidiate Alan Hayes, a […]