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# Carlow-Kilkenny

Last year
2022
# Kilkenny
Taoiseach leads tributes following death of former TD Bobby Aylward
The Kilkenny native was elected to the Dáil on three occasions.
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Jul 14th 2022, 9:58 PM
All time
Allocation of social workers to children in foster care 'chaotic', inspection finds
At the time of the inspection, 22% of children did not have an allocated social worker.
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Oct 3rd 2019, 12:54 PM
# snakes on a sinn féin
A local radio station made election candidates handle a snake live on air
Four candidates came face-to-face with Caesar, a six-foot snake, in KCLR’s Carlow studios.
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Feb 22nd 2016, 10:30 AM
# By-election
Renua spent nearly €30k trying (and failing) to get this man elected
SIPO has released details of expenditure in the Carlow-Kilkenny by-election.
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Aug 27th 2015, 4:36 PM
# The fightback
'It did not happen': Barry Cowen insists Averil Power wasn't laughed at
The Fianna Fáil TD gave his version of events to TheJournal.ie today.
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May 27th 2015, 8:00 PM
# Endorsement
Renua looking into claims "Yes Kilkenny" was a 'front' for candidate
The party’s ethics officer Karl Deeter said he is trying to find out what happened.
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May 26th 2015, 9:00 PM
# Patrick McKee
"Yes Kilkenny" referendum campaign denies it was a 'front' for Renua candidate
The campaign claimed to be “non-party”, but was run by Renua activists and endorsed Renua candidate Patrick McKee.
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May 25th 2015, 8:13 PM
# CK15
Fianna Fáil has finally won a by-election
Bobby Aylward was elected early this morning.
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May 24th 2015, 7:54 AM
# Carlow-Kilkenny
Finally: Fianna Fáil looks set to win a by-election
Just in case you’d forgotten, there’s an important battle for Phil Hogan’s old seat happening as well today.
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May 23rd 2015, 5:10 PM
AS IT HAPPENED
Early tallies point to a YES and No campaigners concede
The nation holds its breath.
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May 23rd 2015, 12:03 PM
# By-election
What you need to know about the fierce battle for Phil Hogan's old seat
Big Phil is gone to Europe, so who’s in the running for his old Dáil seat in Friday’s by-election?
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May 21st 2015, 9:00 AM
# By-election
FF candidate says he 'never got a letter' over expenses claims... but he got THREE
Bobby Aylward was among over a hundred politicians who received letters about over-claiming expenses six years ago.
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May 15th 2015, 7:28 PM
# Homophobic
"This is about fear...": Renua candidate's poster defaced with anti-gay slurs
Paddy McKee, a Kilkenny councillor who is openly gay, quit Fianna Fáil earlier this year to run for Lucinda Creighton’s party.
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May 13th 2015, 1:54 PM
# unemployed help
Young man takes on social welfare for 'age discrimination' over reduced dole
By-election candidate Adrienne Wallace says there would be outrage if ‘women or black people had to accept a lower rate’.
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Apr 24th 2015, 6:05 AM
# Facepalm
This untaxed van parked in a loading bay is 'not a Fianna Fáil campaign vehicle'
The van was snapped in Carlow town yesterday evening.
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Apr 21st 2015, 10:03 AM
# Red Rooster
Joan Burton made a new friend today
The Tánaiste is on the by-election campaign trail in Carlow-Kilkenny.
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Apr 10th 2015, 6:25 PM
# Carlow-Kilkenny
Defection: Renua poaches Fianna Fail councillor for by-election
Patrick McKee is set to be announced as the new party’s candidate in Carlow-Kilkenny tomorrow.
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Mar 30th 2015, 5:10 PM
# elections made easy
Not sure who to vote for? This app will tell you
Smartvote to the rescue.
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Mar 22nd 2015, 4:30 PM
# Constituency Commission
Confirmed: Dáil to lose 8 TDs with confirmation of boundary changes
Ministers have agreed to table new laws enforcing cuts to the size of the Dáil, in line with independent recommendations.
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Jul 24th 2012, 6:02 PM
# Dáil boundaries
Constituency report: Dáil loses 8 TDs in radical boundary shake-up
The report of the Constituency Commission cuts the number of TDs, with significant boundary reforms.
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Jun 21st 2012, 10:57 AM
# Count
Six key constituencies to watch in today's referendum count
There’s a couple of bell-weather areas which, if the past is anything to go by, could give a hint as to the total outcome.
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Jun 1st 2012, 9:50 AM
# Oops
Would you trust this man to tell you a website is secure?
Phil Hogan told the public not to worry about security on the household charge website – but his own site is so dangerous that most browsers won’t even open it.
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Jan 5th 2012, 7:43 PM
# Pensions
Former minister received €7,400 in pension entitlements - by accident
Fianna Fáil’s John Browne was mistakenly paid €7,396.31 in ministerial pensions – which he’s not entitled to as a sitting TD.
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Nov 15th 2011, 9:54 AM
# Coalition
Opposition 'still an option' for Labour, chiefs believe
Labour’s National Council gives its go-ahead for coalition talks with FG – but says it won’t fly straight into government.
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Mar 1st 2011, 8:00 AM
# GE11
The Half Past Fix: 3.30pm
Every hour – on the half hour – TheJournal.ie brings you your fix of election tallies, predictions and results. Here’s how the winners and losers of GE11 are playing out so far.
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Feb 27th 2011, 3:30 PM
# GE11
Carlow-Kilkenny fills two more seats
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Feb 27th 2011, 3:19 PM
# Campaigns
Out to launch: The jargon and the jibes of party campaigns
This morning, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour dusted down the soapboxes as they give green light to first day of electioneering.
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Feb 7th 2011, 1:38 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Enda says he will not appear on “any programme that Vincent Browne has anything to do with”; Permanent TSB have bad news for future mortgages customers; and Irish men are named as some of the most overweight in Europe.
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Feb 4th 2011, 4:48 PM
# debates
"Anyone, anywhere": Deputy leaders respond to Mary Hanafin's call for debate
Joan Burton says yes to request for deputy leaders’ debate but Mary White still wants it to be an all-women affair. (Sorry, James Reilly).
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Feb 4th 2011, 4:25 PM
# debates
Mary Hanafin wants deputy leaders' debate
Four out of five deputy leaders are women so the Greens’ Mary White may well get her all-women (almost) debate after all.
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Feb 4th 2011, 11:04 AM