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Kilkenny’s Big Phil attacks ‘unelected’ Boris, accuses British PM of ‘gambling’ with peace process

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY IRELAND’S EU Commissioner – the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan – has launched the biggest EU broadside yet at new UK leader Boris Johnson, calling him an “unelected” Prime Minister who is “gambling” with the peace process. Mr Hogan attacked the direction the British Government is taking on Brexit and, using a […]

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BREXIT BREAKING: Kilkenny’s Big Phil lays down the law to British Government

By Kilkenny Now 14th August 2019 0

IRELAND’S EU Commissioner – the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan – has bluntly told the British Government there will be no renegotiation of the withdrawal agreement. New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeatedly said the backstop, the insurance policy to avoid a hard border, must be abolished in order to prevent a chaotic no-deal […]

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Housing Minister visits sites set to deliver 3,000 homes to Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 3rd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY HOUSING Minister Eoghan Murphy visited three developments in Kilkenny that could provide more than 3,000 new homes in the city. The minister visited three developments in the city and county as he joined Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the launch of the €100 million Abbey Quarter regeneration project this week. Minister Murphy first […]

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50 new jobs for Kilkenny as Taoiseach opens new offices in city

By Kilkenny Now 2nd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FIFTY new jobs in have been created in Kilkenny after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar officially opened the new offices of a city-based company that has more than 19,000 clients across the country. Mr Varadkar was on hand to cut the ribbon on the new offices of IFAC Ireland, a company that supports and […]

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‘We should be afraid of a no-deal Brexit’ – Taoiseach tells launch of new Abbey Quarter

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar visited Kilkenny today to open and launch a number of exciting projects and developments around the city, but the fear of Brexit wasn’t far from his mind. In a speech delivered at the launch of the €100 million Brewhouse development this afternoon, the Taoiseach admitted  Britain crashing out […]

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17,000 Kilkenny homes set to benefit from €71 million broadband investment

By Kilkenny Now 30th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY Kilkenny is set for a €71 million investment which will give 17,000 homes in the county the ability to connect to high -speed broadband. This investment is part of the new National Broadband Plan, which the Government expects to complete sign off on, in the coming months. The preferred bidder, National Broadband […]

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Taoiseach to visit city next week to launch massive redevelopment project

By Kilkenny Now 25th July 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY AN TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar is to visit Kilkenny next week, to officially launch the Brewhouse Refurbishment project at the Abbey Creative Quarter in the city. The Taoiseach will arrive on-site next Thursday morning. Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy will also be at the launch. They will also be attending the opening of the […]

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Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan still set for €300k EU job, Taoiseach snubs new Council President

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has given Kilkenny’s EU Commissioner his full support by ignoring a request from the new president of the EU Commission. Last week the new EU Commission president-elect Ursula von der Leyen, requested the name of both a man and a woman from each member state to be put […]

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Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan ‘renominated’ for €300k EU Commissioner role

By Kilkenny Now 9th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FORMER Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan has been nominated for a second term as Ireland’s European Commissioner. Commissioner Hogan was put forward for the €300,000 Commissioner role by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, at a Cabinet meeting in Dublin today. The Taoiseach praised the work of Commissioner Hogan in his initial term in Europe, […]

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Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan in line for even bigger EU job, despite controversy over beef deal: report

By Kilkenny Now 7th July 2019 0

EU Commissioner – the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan – is in line for an even more prestigious job in Brussels, according to a report today. The Sunday Times says Taoiseach Leo Varadkar “is poised to reappoint” the Kilkenny man as Ireland’s nominee to the European Commission in the expectation that the former environment minister […]