The first Green Party National Ball took place in the Lord Bagenal Hotel, Leighlinbridge, on Saturday 1st November. There was a great turn out of up to 140 members and friends. The attendance included John Gormley, Tervor Sargent, Mary White, Ciaran Cuffe, Paul Gogarty, Dierdre de Bruca and Dan Boyle.
Members of Head Office staff and [...]

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Just a reminder:. The A.G.M. of the C/K greens takes place on
Monday,20th October at 8 pm in the IWA Centre, Carlow.
If you wish to put your name forward for election to the Committee or
to nominate anyone, please contact me before the meeting.
There are still some tickets available for the [...]

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The Autumn (sept - Oct) Newsletter is now available, either at from the constituency offices or download here.
This issue contains
- Norman McMillan is organising a demonstration of the ‘Big Belly Solid Waste Management System’’
- Biofuels vs. Electricity - discussion
- Transition events programme from Future Proof Kilkenny
_ Reports from TD and Councillors
download here

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This year the National Ball will be held in the Lord Bagenal, on
Saturday 1st November 2008 .
The Carlow/Kilkenny group wish to give a big welcome to all members and friends from around the
Carlow / Kilkenny Green Party Minutes country on the evening.
Tickets are available through Head Office
and are selling like hotcakes, so don’t delay!

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National Ploughing Championships 2008 Farmley, Cuffesgrange, Co. Kilkenny, Tuesday 23rd – Thursday 25th September
This year the Green Party will have a stand at the National Ploughing Championships and volunteers will also be required. We urge all members to attend and if possible to help out.
This is a great opportunity to promote the Party and Green [...]

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Comhlamh will be hosting a Development Forum in Kilkenny on September 6th. We’ll have guest speakers from the World Development Movement (UK), the Stop Climate Chaos campaign and Ethical Development Action, and workshops on key issues like campaigning effectively, food security, and more, as well as open space and wide discussion.
We’ll [...]

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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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