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MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘When Britain finally leaves we should shut the EU door and change the locks’

By Kilkenny Now 13th April 2019 0

I WAS in Manchester on the day Theresa May first announced she had secured a deal with the European Union. I recalled the visit this week when the British prime minister reluctantly accepted the offer of a further six months to get that withdrawal agreement through parliament. I had been visiting Irish friends who are […]

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Kilkenny politician warns businesses: ‘Prepare for a no-deal Brexit’

By Kilkenny Now 29th March 2019 0

A KILKENNY councillor and general election candidate has urged local businesses to prepare for a no-deal Brexit. The likelihood of the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal grew significantly this evening after British Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal was defeated in the House of Commons for a third time. A no-deal Brexit […]

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BREAKING: Brexit likely to be delayed as May suffers second humiliating defeat

By Kilkenny Now 12th March 2019 0

BRITISH Prime Minster Theresa May has suffered a second humiliating defeat on her Brexit deal in a move that is expected to delay the UK’s exit from the EU. MPs voted by a margin of 391-242 to reject her withdrawal agreement, which had been bolstered by an eleventh-hour deal with Brussels designed to assuage British Eurosceptics. […]

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No deal Brexit would ‘decimate’ South East agri-food sector: Kilkenny TD

By Kilkenny Now 31st January 2019 0

EVERY effort must be made to avoid a nightmare ‘no deal’ Brexit, which would “decimate” the agri-food sector that employs thousands of people in Kilkenny and the South East, a local TD has claimed. Fianna Fáil deputy Bobby Aylward spoke out as tensions between the Irish and British governments deepened after prime minister Theresa May […]

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South East food producers in firing line as May reneges on backstop vow

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2019 0

FOOD producing companies throughout the South East along with small local businesses who export to the UK will begin to shed employees during the second half of this year unless Britain can negotiate an orderly exit from the EU. Doomsday predictions on the impact of a no-deal Brexit compiled by the Department of Finance have […]

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EU Commissioner and former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan launches scathing attack on British politicians

By Kilkenny Now 19th January 2019 0

FORMER Kilkenny TD and minister Phil Hogan has led the EU fightback on Brexit The EU Commissioner launched a scathing attack on the entire UK political system and accused members of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s party are of peddling a “toxic lie”. Mr Hogan also criticised Mrs May’s management of the Brexit crisis and […]

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BREXIT BREAKING: Theresa May limps on after surviving vote of no confidence

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2019 0

THERESA May has won a vote of no confidence in her government even as the embattled British prime minister struggled to make progress on breaking the Brexit deadlock in parliament. Mrs May survived the attempted coup by 325 to 306 votes in the House of Commons tonight. Both Conservative Eurosceptics and the Democratic Unionists MPs who […]

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BREXIT RESULT: Fears of no-deal grow as British MPs resoundingly reject May’s EU deal

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2019 0

THE nightmare prospect of a no-deal Brexit is looming after British MPs emphatically rejected Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement. The British prime minister’s deal was defeated by 432 votes to 202 in a landmark House of Commons ballot tonight. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn introduced a motion of no confidence in the government, which will […]

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BREXIT D-DAY: Theresa May’s EU deal faces defeat in House of Commons vote

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2019 0

BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal is likely to suffer a heavy defeat in the House of Commons today. This is despite fresh assurances about the Northern Ireland backstop it was hoped would help to win over Conservative Brexiteers and the DUP. Mrs May admitted that a letter from Jean-Claude Junker and Donald Tusk did […]

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Vote on Brexit deal will take place next week: Theresa May

By Kilkenny Now 6th January 2019 0

THE House of Commons vote on the Brexit deal will “definitely” go ahead next week, British Prime Minister Theresa said today. May also admitted the UK would be in uncharted territory if the agreement she reached with EU leaders is rejected. Britain is due to exit the EU on March 29. However, May’s inability so […]