John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I say sincerely that this is very good news and I am sure there will be more contact between me, my office, the council and the OPW before these measures are carried out. The Kilkenny county song is "The Rose of Mooncoin", and there is a line in it about the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin. If and when these works are delivered-----

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