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Holding the presidential election on Thursday October 27 will deny many young people the opportunity to vote on who should be our next head of State.

Whether there was a witch hunt out for him from the start or not, what he did was wrong and inexcusable.

David Norris’ bid to enter the presidential election looks like being dealt another blow in Galway as he is almost certain to receive neither speaking time nor the support of the Galway City Council.

The members of Mayo County Council this week gave their backing to Kiltimagh native Mary Davis to put her name forward on the ballot paper for the upcoming presidential election. She was proposed by Cllr Richard Finn and seconded by Cllr Frank Durcan in the chamber.

Irish presidential hopeful Michael D Higgins visited Kilkenny city last week, as he prepared to address the annual opening of the Labour Party’s Tom Johnson Summer School.

Young Fine Gael (YFG) will hold one of its major events of the year in The Hotel Meyrick, Galway, this weekend, from Friday July 8 to Sunday, July 10.

Independent senator David Norris who recently declared his interest in running for a nomination for the upcoming presidential election, visited Kilkenny this week to campaign members of Kilkenny County Council for their support.

The annual charade that occurs on the eve of the Mayoral election in Kilkenny caused controversy once again this year as Fine Gael’s David Fitzgerald was given the title following a voting pact with Fine Gael and Labour at Kilkenny Borough Council.

The Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan has announced a new charge on householders, set to be introduced early next year in a bid to buff up local authority coffers.

Business people in Kilkenny are being offered the opportunity to lunch with a Dragon and learn how to promote their business.