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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 […]

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ELECTION 2020: ‘We need to put aside all the differences’ – McGuinness lays down gauntlet to Martin, no candidate elected on second count

By Kilkenny Now 9th February 2020 0

Outspoken Kilkenny TD John McGuinness piled the pressure on Micheál Martin again after he challenged his party leader to speak to Fine Gael and Sinn Fein about forming a new Government. Speaking as he was looking set to claim the second seat in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency at the count centre tonight, Deputy McGuinness urged Fianna […]

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Ignore the Yellow weather warning – it’s time to get out and vote!

By Kilkenny Now 8th February 2020 0

The posters are up, the debates are done and dusted and the canvassers have pounded the pavement which means the only thing left to do is vote. But Kilkenny people are being urged to get out and vote early as Met Éireann are expecting the weather to take a major turn for the worst. The […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Why it’s time to talk to Sinn Féin

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

Sinn Fein says its spending proposals have been costed by the Department of Finance. The claim is true but misleading. They have been costed like a bookie costs a bet. If I ask a bookmaker for the financial implications of putting €10 on a 200-1 outsider, he will tell me that if it wins I […]

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SPONSORED: Kathleen Funchion TD: ‘I want to help with housing, cut the cost of childcare and peg the pension age’

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2020 0

Kathleen Funchion sees policy priorities at both ends of the age scale. The Sinn Féin TD wants to peg the State pension age back to 65 and, if re-elected in Carlow-Kilkenny, intends to work for a big reduction in child-care costs. “Sinn Féin wants to reduce childcare costs by up to 66% over a term […]

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POLL SHOCK: Sinn Féin overtakes Fine Gael just days before election

By Kilkenny Now 2nd February 2020 Post a comment

Fine Gael’s nine years in power looks to be at an end after two shock polls found they have been overtaken by Sinn Féin. With less than a week to go before next Saturday’s election, Fine Gael’s slogan ‘a future to look forward to’ does not appear be chiming with voters. And the party looks […]

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‘A slap in the face’ – Carlow-Kilkenny TD criticises latest cut to childcare funding

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2020 0

A Kilkenny TD has hit out at the Government’s decision to cut essential funding to childcare services who are participating in a national demonstration next week. Deputy Kathleen Funchion described the move  as “outrageous” and “a slap in the face” to all those working in the childcare sector. The Carlow-Kilkenny general election candidate

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Kilkenny election candidate vows to bring retirement age back to 65

By Kilkenny Now 19th January 2020 0

Plans to increase the age at which workers are entitled to a State pension to 68 are “wrong, unfair and don’t represent the values of the Irish people”. That’s according to Kilkenny TD and Sinn Féin’s General Election candidate for Carlow-Kilkenny Kathleen Funchion, who says her party will bring back the State pension for 65-year-olds, […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Enjoy the election poetry – we’ll be back to prose soon enough

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2020 0

Unless opinion polls have been getting it badly wrong, the result of this General Election is unlikely to be very different from the outcome of the last one. In 2016, Fine Gael got just over 25% of the first preference vote and Fianna Fáil a little over 24%. Support for the two big parties has […]

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SPONSORED: TD calls for Educate Together school in Kilkenny to combat chronic shortage of places

By Kilkenny Now 5th January 2020 2

A local TD is calling for the establishment of an Educate Together school in Kilkenny to help alleviate the chronic shortage of places for students in the city. Deputy Kathleen Funchion spoke out after she was contacted by several concerned local parents who are unable to secure a school place for their children. The Carlow-Kilkenny […]