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.
Labour Party candidate Ann Phelan said that information that more than 4.500 mainly negative articles were written about Ireland in 70 countries in just seven days was shocking.
“Being described by The New York Times as a ‘circus’, will make the job of the next Government infinitely more difficult,” she said.
The Labour Party candidate and member of the South East Regional Authority said that inward investment in jobs throughout Kilkenny is a top priority.
“To encourage these jobs we have to assure foreign investors that we have sound and stable political sense as a nation. We recognise the huge challenge ahead and the most striking thing being said to me on the doorsteps is the recognition by constituents that despite having four TDs out of five in government during the Celtic Tiger years, Kilkenny lost out badly,” she said.
