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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.

There has been widespread surprise at the news that stalwart MEP Avril Doyle is not to run in this summer’s local elections.

Fine Gael spokesperson on Enterprise in the Seanad, Senator John Paul Phelan has said that he has not ruled out running in the up-coming European elections following a request from sitting MEP Avril Doyle.

It has been confirmed that Kilkenny Fine Gael Senator John Paul Phelan is to run in the European elections this June.

It was with shock that I digested the news that Avril Doyle is to stop down from her role as MEP for Ireland East.

Avril Doyle was “a giant in Irish politics” and emulating her success in Europe will be a challenge, Senator John Paul Phelan said as he was officially confirmed as the Fine Gael candidate for Ireland East.

Psychotherapist, former Green Party Councillor for Dun Laoghaire Rathdown and former president’s daughter, Nessa Childers may seem like an unlikely character to be running on the Labour Party ticket for Europe, but she is adamant that she should be there.

Politics in Kilkenny is an interesting game to be in at the moment and everyday there are new faces and new names announced in the run up to the local and European elections.

Last weekend’s national Labour Party conference in Mullingar set out its platform for the forthcoming elections.

Last weekend’s national Labour Party conference in Mullingar set out its platform for the forthcoming elections.