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Cllr Ann Phelan, one of Labour’s two election candidates in Carlow Kilkenny, has come out against the cut in the minimum wage, introduced by the Fianna Fáil-Green government and brought into on its last day in office.

Well, that is what Deputies John McGuinness and Bobby Aylward are desperately hoping for. With abominable opinion polls and an unprecedented week in politics for Fianna Fáil — they are now licking their wounds and picking themselves up just in time to hit the campaign trail with their tails between their legs.

In a week in which Ireland made political headlines around the world for all the wrong reasons, a local election candidate says that most of the damage could have been avoided if sense had prevailed.

Fine Gael Senator John Paul Phelan is hosting his general election campaign fund-raising lunch at Kilkenny’s Pembroke Hotel today, Friday, January 28, at 12.30pm.

It has been a watershed for the Government this week, we are leaking politicians like one of the burst pipes spurting water during the big thaw.

There is fear that the management of social and affordable housing is moving away from the remit of the local authorities in Ireland and into the hands of ‘regional agencies’.

The decision by VHI to hike premium levels by up to 45 per cent in some instances means that hard-pressed families with private VHI Healthcare are facing a massive €331 hike in fees to keep parents-and-children cover.

As a year of potentially enormous political significance begins, The Tallyman has decided to look at the prospects for each party, both on a national and local level. The Tallyman cannot recall a time of more political uncertainty, and the predictions made today may seem very foolish in two or three months time. The Tallyman firmly believes that the result of the election could also differ considerably depending on the date it is held. Is the 'Gilmore Gale' still blowing? Will Brian Cowen even lead FF into battle? Has Enda Kenny silenced his doubters? Will disaffected members of the public support SF in unprecedented numbers? How many more sitting TD's will opt out? Are the Greens already a spent force? So much uncertainty, and so much anger. So much to lose, and so much to win. The Tallyman has decided to sum up the reasons he would vote 'for' or 'against' each party.

While on a whistle-stop tour of Carlow Kilkenny earlier this week, Labour Party Leader Eamon Gilmore spoke confidently of returning at least one if not two seats for Labour in the constituency in the upcoming general election.

With selection conventions rapidly taking place around the county and country, following her recent selection Ann Phelan in Kilkenny is hopeful that there will be a successful conclusion come election day in Carlow-KIlkenny for the Labour Party.