Extreme floods sign of things to come, says White
Green Party Deputy Leader Mary White TD has welcomed the Government’s flood management plan which will go for public consultation in the coming weeks. Speaking from the flooded town of Carlow, which Environment Minister John Gormley visited today, the TD for Carlow [...]

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The power of one became the power of many when Carlow/Kilkenny Greens hit the streets of Carlow in January this year. Working door to door in three housing estates they told residents that just by exercising care with the use of energy they could save about €500/year.
Many households took up the challenge and now residents [...]

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Recent months has seen a huge increase in the official unemployment figures. This increase has mainly affected manual workers in the construction and manufacturing sectors. As the Green Party does not at present have an employment policy an Employment Policy Group has recently been set up which I have been asked to chair.
Among the issues [...]

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The nominations have been received for candidates to go forward for local elections
in 2009 in electoral areas: Thomastown, Borris, Kilkenny are:
The following Green Party representatives will contest the forthcoming Carlow/Kilkenny local elections next year,
Clr Malcolm Noonan - Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny County Borough
Clr. Alan Price - Borris
Duncan Russell - Thomastown
We wish [...]

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The Carlow Kilkenny Greens are delighted to announce that they are being given a free space at the Irish Green Gathering which is taken place from 8th-10th August at Woodbrook House, Enniscorthy. We will have a stand with information on the Green Party and will be fundraising over the weekend. Deputy Mary White is patron [...]

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