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Kilkenny senator received 'hundreds of messages' as major concerns 'brushed off'

Senator Patricia Stephenson today raised serious concerns about 'the continued failure to believe women within the Irish healthcare system', and 'the prevalence of medical gaslighting'. The Kilkenny senator has called on the Minister for Health to ...

01 May 2025 at 15:14

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Kilkenny senator received 'hundreds of messages' as major concerns 'brushed off'

02 May 2025 at 16:46

Local News

‘Many care givers are completely exhausted’ - Kilkenny senator calls for increased respite services

Senator Patricia Stephenson of the Social Democrats highlighted the need for increased respite availability to ease the burdens being placed on primary caregivers in a Seanad debate on disability provisions this week. She stated that respite ...

24 Jul 2025 at 17:30

Local News

‘Our town hall’ in Kilkenny ‘has been ripped out for a tourist attraction’

Senator Malcolm Noonan gave his support to the newly formed Local Democracy Taskforce and asserted that local authority was negatively affected by the abolition of Kilkenny Corporation. “I spent 16 years on Kilkenny Corporation, that is ...

15 Jun 2025 at 19:19

Local News

Kilkenny Senators bring new legislation to strengthen protections for domestic violence survivors

Senators Patricia Stephenson (SD) and Malcolm Noonan (GP) both spoke this week in support of a bill brought forward by the Cross Party Group in the Seanad aimed at strengthening legal protections for survivors of domestic violence. The ...

06 Jul 2025 at 11:30

Kilkenny City

'Facilities for horses for Traveller families is essential' - Kilkenny senator claims

Kilkenny senator and former Green Party minister and TD for Carlow-Kilkenny, Malcolm Noonan has told an Oireachtas Committee on Traveller-Specific Accommodation it is 'essential' a system is found where members of the Travelling ...

27 Jun 2025 at 12:43

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Dáil should sit during recess to fast-track Occupied Territories Bill, says Kilkenny senator

The Dáil should sit next week to fast-track the Occupied Territories Bill, Kilkenny senator Patricia Stephenson has said. Senator Stephenson, who is the party’s foreign affairs spokesperson, said that the Bill should be enacted ...

29 May 2025 at 12:11

Local News

Kilkenny figure highlights 'grim statistics' and 'challenges' for minority group

Kilkenny senator Patricia Stephenson has requested a debate on Traveller rights in Ireland 'across the Oireachtas'. In a speech in Seanad Éireann last week, she stated that 'Traveller rights are human rights'. Senator ...

26 May 2025 at 14:47

Local News

Kilkenny figure highlights 'grim statistics' and 'challenges' for minority group

30 May 2025 at 17:11

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Kilkenny senator takes on exciting new role

Carlow-Kilkenny senator Patricia Stephenson has been announced as the Social Democrats' new spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Trade. "Senator Stephenson, who sits on the Foreign Affairs and Trade committee,...

19 May 2025 at 17:00

North Kilkenny

'Devastating blow to Kilkenny' - Senator calls for Government to intervene over bus route change

Senator Patricia Stephenson has warned that the people of rural Kilkenny are facing a serious transport crisis as a result of JJ Kavanagh & Sons' plans to change its 717 from Clonmel to Dublin airport ...

02 Apr 2025 at 11:53

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