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Kilkenny City Hall was a divided house on Monday night, as four local councillors walked out of a borough council meeting to protest against a split between the executive and some of the elected members.

Funding to assist construction workers who are unemployed to get back into the work place has been made available by the European Union according to local Fianna Fail Councillor Andrew McGuinness.

Kilkenny’s famous black and amber road train has been banned from the city’s roads, due to what Gardai are describing as ‘technical specification problems’.

Kilkenny Borough Council has produced a new set of guidelines to advise people and groups who wish to use public spaces – the Parade and Canal Square – to hold events.

Councillor Andrew McGuinness has called on Minister Phil Hogan to speed up the legislation on puppy farms in Ireland and he criticised the Government’s failure to implement the legislation which was passed by the Oireachtas last year.

A local councillor has come up with a novel idea to address the growing housing list in the Kilkenny area.

It is not often that national issues are discussed in the borough council chamber, but the topic of Minister Phil Hogan’s ‘household charge’ was fiercely debated in Kilkenny City Hall this week.

Kilkenny city is not big enough for three tourist trains according to local members of Fianna Fail in the city.

Councillor Andrew McGuinness has said that Minister Phil Hogan’s announcement of a new household charge may be the last straw for many families already struggling to meet mortgage payments, and who may have lost jobs or seen significant cuts to their salaries.

The residents of Robertshill estate on the Circular Road will be relieved to hear that there has been some progress on the improvement of conditions at the estate, which is being prepared to be taken in charge by the local authority.