“It would mean in practical terms €14 per year for 55 per cent of households and €35 per year for 26% of households,” explained cllr Fintan Phelan

MEP Kathleen Funchion will be joined by activists from Carlow IPSC for the meeting in the Seven Oaks Hotel

A public meeting is calling on politicians to back the Palestine solidarity movement and boycott any invitations to meeting President Trump

Takes place today at the Irish Wheelchair Association Centre, Carlow

This is the second time the Carlow town councillor has contested a General Election