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1. kilkeny, carlow - UTTER HYPOCRISY OF GREEN'S MARY WHITE ASTONISHING SAYS KILKENNY LABOUR COUNCILLOR
   Issued : Saturday 18 October, 2008
   The astonishing display of hypocrisy by Green Party TD and Deputy Leader Mary White on the medical card crisis has been described as breathtaking by her constituency colleague Cllr. Seán Ó hArgáin, Kilkenny Labour Party Borough Councillor. He said Mary White's sudden conversion to the injustice caused by the removal of medical cards for the over 70's was in total contrast to her defence of the measure on local radio on Wednesday morning, and challenged her to state when her Damascus conversion on the issue took place. "Anybody who heard Mary White's defence of the budget and the cutting of medical cards from the elderly on local radio on Wednesday will wonder if it is the same person who is so publicly condemning the measure on national radio and television this evening. When challenged by myself and a series of other contributors on the matter she continuously defended the move as 'a difficult but necessary measure in these times of economic difficulty'. Now like St. Paul on the road to Damascus and I suspect having been deluged by the same irate and upset elderly people and their families who have been contacting all of us in recent days she suddenly has seen the impact of this mean-spirited and nasty snatch-back measure. It shows just how removed from the reality of ordinary people's lives the Greens and Fianna Fail have become. At least Wicklow TD Joe Behan has had the courage of his convictions and left this miserable Government. If Mary White has any gumption she will follow suit and if her party has any bottle left it will seek the renegotiation of the entire package of health and education cuts in the budget. If they don't the Irish people will revolt and rightly so.
2. Seán welcomes election of Labour's first woman Mayor of Kilkenny
   Issued : Tuesday 21 June, 2005
   Kilkenny Labour Party Councillor, Seán Ó hArgáin, welcomed tonight's election of Cllr. Marie Fitzpatrick as the first Labour party woman Mayor of the city.
3. Kilkenny - Seán calls for urgent Radon action after major National report on Kilkenny radon levels
   Issued : Tuesday 21 June, 2005
   Seán calls for action after report shows 10% of new Kilkenny houses with dangerously high levels of Radon Gas
4. Kilkenny - Seán officially requests Health and Safety Inspectors to inspect St. Luke’s A&E
   Issued : Wednesday 20 April, 2005
   Seán calls for Health and Safety Authority to inspect A&E facilities in St. Luke's hospital following failure of Health Services Executive to fund Outpatients Unit
5. Kilkenny - Labour Constituency Proposes motion in support of Leader on electoral strategy
   Issued : Tuesday 8 March, 2005
   Carlow/Kilkenny Constituency Party supports deal with Fine Gael and Greens
6. Kilkenny - Failure to send Health and Safety Inspectors to St. Luke’s A&E a disgrace- Ó hArgáin
   Issued : Tuesday 8 March, 2005
   Seán calls for Health and Safety Inspectors to be sent to St. Luke's Hospital A&E Section
7. Kilkenny - Seán supports lifting of cap on Retail Parks
   Issued : Thursday 20 January, 2005
   Seán argues that creating an equal choice of shopping venues will strengthen consumer's choice and Kilkenny's attractiveness as a shopping venue
8. Kilkenny - Lick of paint no solution to Outpatients Facility
   Issued : Thursday 13 January, 2005
   Seán reacts angrily to lack of progress on Outpatients facility in St. Luke's Hospital
9. Kilkenny - School of the Holy Spirit Let Down Again
   Issued : Tuesday 11 January, 2005
   Seán condemns the failure of the Minister for Education to fund badly needed building for city special school
10. Seán appointed to Kilkenny County Development Board
    Issued : Thursday 14 October, 2004
    Cllr. Seán Ó hArgáin was appointed at this month's Borough Council meeting as a member of Kilkenny County Development Board.