From Sinn Fein's lone Kilkenny councillor to Irish MEP The rise of Kathleen Funchion
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It can’t have been easy for a young Kathleen Funchion, 15 years ago, taking her seat on the (sadly, now-abolished) Kilkenny Borough Council. Since as far back as 1923, Sinn Fein had no council representative in Kilkenny. In the 1990s, it was Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour. In 1999, Sinn Fein did