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‘Our education system is broken’ – Kilkenny TD appointed Sinn Féin spokesperson for children

By Kilkenny Now 6th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY TD has vowed to be “a voice for those who have been ignored” after she was appointed her party’s spokesperson for children and youth affairs. Local Sinn Féin Deputy Kathleen Funchion said children and the young people of Ireland have been “consistently failed” by the Fine Gael-led minority government. She […]

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Crisis looms over lack of school places in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN PARENTS in Kilkenny are getting increasingly concerned about the lack of secondary school places in the city, according to a local TD. Deputy Kathleen Funchion raised local parents’ concerns when she tackled Education Minister Joe McHugh on the issue in the Dáil yesterday. And the Kilkenny TD urged the minister to give […]

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‘It makes no budgetary sense’ – Kilkenny TD urges Taoiseach to end freeze in Home Help hours

By Kilkenny Now 14th June 2019 0

KILKENNY TD Kathleen Funchion has called on the Government to reverse the freeze in Home Help hours. The Sinn Féin TD hit out at the freeze, saying it “makes no budgetary sense”. Deputy Funchion (pictured) said: “It costs €5,964 per week to care for someone in an acute hospital bed, while it costs just €160 […]

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EURO ELECTIONS: Battle for Ireland South to drag on for up to four more weeks

By Kilkenny Now 30th May 2019 0

THE final list of elected candidates for the Ireland South constituency will not be known until June 21 after Sinn triggered a full recount in the European Parliament election. The recount will begin at 9am next Tuesday morning in Cork and could cost the State up to €1m. The recount decision was made after it […]

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ELECTIONS 2019: Half Kilkenny Council members now elected – but still no new faces

By Kilkenny Now 26th May 2019 0

LABOUR have claimed their first seat in the Kilkenny 2019 local election. Tomás Breathnach has become the twelfth elected councillor after he was elected in the first round of voting in Piltown behind Fine Gael’s Pat Dunphy, who topped the local poll with 1,579 first preference votes. It’s taken some time for the Piltown votes […]

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ELECTIONS 2019: FG win two more seats as John Brennan and David Fitzgerald elected

By Kilkenny Now 26th May 2019 0

AND then there were 10… Fine Gael have claimed another two seats on Kilkenny County Council. Sitting councillor John Brennan was elected on the third count in the Castlecomer area with 1,493 first preference votes. Meanwhile David Fitzgerald has taken the fourth seat in Kilkenny City after he picked up enough transfers from the second […]

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ELECTIONS 2019: Counting resumes, FF account for six of eight councillors elected so far

By Kilkenny Now 26th May 2019 0

COUNTING has resumed this morning to elect the remaining 16 candidates to Kilkenny County Council. After a day of drama at Cillín Hill yesterday, and into the small hours, a third of the 24 positions on the council have now been filled. And so far Fianna Fáil has dominated the proceedings locally, taking six out […]

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ELECTIONS 2019: Fianna Fáil polling strongest in Kilkenny city, Green wave sweeps across country

By Kilkenny Now 25th May 2019 0

AS a ‘Green’ wave sweeps across the country, closer to home it’s the green of Fianna Fáil which appears to be polling strongest in the Kilkenny local elections, according to early tallies. In Kilkenny city, Green Party councillor Malcolm Noonan’s seat is safe, and he is likely to be joined by three Fianna Fáil elected […]

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Tiocfaidh ár Latte! Mary Lou takes a break from the campaign trail at Billy’s Tearooms

By Kilkenny Now 23rd May 2019 Post a comment

SINN Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and her election candidates breathed a sigh of relief as they took a break from the campaign trail in south Kilkenny. Mary Lou, flanked by Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion, Ireland South MEP Liadh Ní Riada and local election candidate David Kennedy were passing through Ballyhale on a whistle-stop tour […]

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St Luke’s Hospital earning €35,000 a month in car park charges

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2019 Post a comment

KILKENNY TD Kathleen Funchion has called for hospital car parking fees to be abolished for long-term patients after new figures revealed St Luke’s is raking in more than €35,000 a month in charges. Figures obtained by Deputy Funchion’s Sinn Féin colleague Louise O’Reilly revealed the country’s hospitals generated an astonishing €22 million in car park […]