New Political Party set up in Kilkenny
Over 50 people gathered in the Kyttler’s Inn, in Kilkenny city last night to set up a new political party to replace Fianna Fail and Fianna Gael. The meeting, spearheaded by Leo Armstrong from Prosperous, Naas, was organised by Noel and Adrian Walsh of Kilkenny . Both men are politically very active in Kilkenny and Wexford , with Noel having contested, as an Independent, in the last two Local Elections, receiving almost 800 first preference votes in the 2009 elections.
As the meeting progressed the anger at the present government was extremely palpable. People travelled from Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Clare, Limerick, Wexford, Wicklow, Carlow, Laois, Offaly, Longford, Dublin, Cavan, Tipperary, Kildare and of course Kilkenny to hear speaker after speaker express no confidence in the present Fianna Fail led government. Neither had they any faith in a Fianna Gael government should they be successful at the next General Election.
The meeting rounded on the current political establishment and accused them of “corruption” and “cronyism”. There was a great sense of frustration in the meeting as many of those present saw no way out of the present crisis citing a lack of real leadership qualities among the present political establishment. Quite a number of those attending had, for some time, contemplated setting up a political party and expressed their delight that at last such a meeting was being held.
From the platform Brigitte Schorn from Cork expressed her anger at how the children of this country were losing out in comparison to how children were cared for in other European countries. An Educator by profession with 10 years working experience in three different countries, Brigitte said it was essential to invest all we can in our children, to enable them to become confident, well-balanced and capable adults who will run our country and represent Ireland as a small but equal player in the world. She further stated that the high rate of suicide in this country was directly attributed to the present economic crisis mainly due to this governments mismanagement of the economy.
At the end of the meeting a committee was formed with the task of formulating policies and preparing for the next meeting which will take place within the next few weeks.
Over 50 people gathered in the Kyttler’s Inn, in Kilkenny city last night to set up a new political party to replace Fianna Fail and Fianna Gael. The meeting, spearheaded by Leo Armstrong from Prosperous, Naas, was organised by Noel and Adrian Walsh of Kilkenny . Both men are politically very active in Kilkenny and Wexford , with Noel having contested, as an Independent, in the last two Local Elections, receiving almost 800 first preference votes in the 2009 elections.
As the meeting progressed the anger at the present government was extremely palpable. People travelled from Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Clare, Limerick, Wexford, Wicklow, Carlow, Laois, Offaly, Longford, Dublin, Cavan, Tipperary, Kildare and of course Kilkenny to hear speaker after speaker express no confidence in the present Fianna Fail led government. Neither had they any faith in a Fianna Gael government should they be successful at the next General Election.
The meeting rounded on the current political establishment and accused them of “corruption” and “cronyism”. There was a great sense of frustration in the meeting as many of those present saw no way out of the present crisis citing a lack of real leadership qualities among the present political establishment. Quite a number of those attending had, for some time, contemplated setting up a political party and expressed their delight that at last such a meeting was being held.
From the platform Brigitte Schorn from Cork expressed her anger at how the children of this country were losing out in comparison to how children were cared for in other European countries. An Educator by profession with 10 years working experience in three different countries, Brigitte said it was essential to invest all we can in our children, to enable them to become confident, well-balanced and capable adults who will run our country and represent Ireland as a small but equal player in the world. She further stated that the high rate of suicide in this country was directly attributed to the present economic crisis mainly due to this governments mismanagement of the economy.
At the end of the meeting a committee was formed with the task of formulating policies and preparing for the next meeting which will take place within the next few weeks.
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