EU Petitions Committee to visit mystery Kilkenny farm

- EPA and Dept of Agriculture rapped for failing farmer
Green Party Deputy Leader Cllr Mary White has welcomed the news that the
EU Petitions Committee is to visit Ireland to investigate the cause of a
mystery illness that has struck a Co. Kilkenny farm.
Cllr White, who travelled to the European Parliament in Brussels for the
hearing with farm [...]

Green Party Deputy Leader launches election campaign

- Vows to make Carlow first energy efficient town in Ireland
Speaking at the launch of her election campaign in the Seven Oaks Hotel in Carlow, Green Party Deputy Leader Cllr Mary White said today:
“I believe that the people of Carlow/Kilkenny are ready to vote for change. I will support the drive to develop an ethanol [...]

Brussels to hear petition on mystery farm case

– Irish authorities have failed tragic farmer, says White
 
The Green Party’s Deputy Leader Cllr Mary White is in the European Parliament today for talks about a farm in Kilkenny that has been struck by a mystery disease that is shrinking animals and withering trees.
Cllr White, who is standing as a General Election candidate in Carlow-Kilkenny, [...]

Green Party Deputy leader Cllr. Mary Whiter has welcomed a date set by the European Parliament Petitions Committee to hear the Castlecomer case in Brussels

in January 30 th, 2007, to ascertain the case of ill thrift, stunted growth and low milk yields on the Brennan farm.
Cllr. White said,
” We will be travelling to Brussels on January 30 th with Dan Brennan and his two vets Michael Lambe and Tom Slevin . We will testify to the Committee on the [...]

WHITE WELCOMES SUPPORT FOR INVESTMENT IN BORRIS

Green Party Deputy leader Cllr. Mary White has welcomed support from the Co Manager that a needs assessment will be made for Borris in the new Year.
Cllr. White said
” I asked the Co. Manager for funding in the budget for the development of the Old School in Borris; to assess the needs and usage of [...]

WHITE WELCOMES SUPPORT FOR SKATEBOARD PARK IN CARLOW

Green Party Deputy Leader Cllr. Mary White proposed the allocation of funding for a Skateboard Park in Carlow under the Recreation and Amenity allocation.
Cllr. White said,
I proposed this funding for a skateboard Park in Carlow to increase the variety of sports available in Carlow Town . Last year we missed the bo a t on [...]

WHINGING FIANNA FAIL DO LITTLE TO HELP GOWRAN SCHOOLCHILDREN

Green Party Deputy leader Cllr. Mary White has condemned Fianna Fail’s whinging visit to  Bishop Forristal in an increasingly divisive  campaign to secure a pedestrian crossing for the school children in Gowran.
Cllr. White added,
“What has possessed certain elements within Fianna Fail to go on a winging visit to the local Bishop to complain  about a [...]

Letters to the Editor Kilkenny People

In response to ‘Big supermarkets eye Kilkenny’
An article by Kilkenny People journalist Tess Felder in Your newspaper dated Friday 29 th of December 2006 rang alarm bells with me as to the many contradictions that exist between the stated public policy of the large retail multiples operating in this country and their real ‘boardroom’ agendas [...]