Fianna Fáil select four candidates to contest local elections in the Ballymote Tubbercurry Municipal District
The Fianna Fáil Parliamentary party will run 4 candidates in the Ballymote Tubbercurry Municipal District in this year’s local elections. Following a selection convention which was held last night it was confirmed that Barry Gallagher, Liam Brennan, Keith Henry and sitting councillor, Paul Taylor would all run in the…
Fianna Fáil confirm candidates to contest local elections in Leitrim
The Fianna Fail Parliamentary Party has confirmed some of it’s potential candidates to contest seats in the local elections in Leitrim. In the Manorhamilton Municipal District, long- serving councillor Mary Bohan and the current Cathaoirleach of the local Authority, Justin Warnock look as if they will selected. There…
Leitrim Councillor urges HSE to appoint additional Pathologist to Sligo university Hospital
Calls have been made for an additional Pathologist to be assigned to Sligo University Hospital. Cllr Paddy Farrell requested that the Local Authority in Leitrim call on the HSE to hire another Pathologist at the North West facility. The Fianna Fáil Councillor says there have been some circumstances,…
Sligo Councillor seeks clarity on why parking charges cap has not been introduced at Hospitals
There’s disappointment among patients and visitors of Sligo University Hospital and elsewhere that the introduction of a cap on hospital car parking charges is to be further delayed. The HSE undertook a national review of car parking charges five years ago, which recommended that hospitals should cap the maximum…
Dáil almost suspended over Budget row
Tensions boiled over in the Dáil again over the current state of the health service in Ireland. Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson, Pearse Doherty, accused the Government of under-funding health in this year’s Budget. However, Tánaiste Mícheal Martin said that the Government’s allocation was quite similar to what Sinn Féin offered…
Fianna Fáil delegates select Edel Mac Sharry to contest local elections
The Sitting Fianna Fáil councillor, Dónal Gilroy has failed in his bid to be selected as a party candidate for the upcoming local elections in the Sligo-Drumcliffe MD. Edel MacSharry was selected by local party members at last night’s convention and will be put forward on the Fianna…
Marc MacSharry to bow out of politics
The Sligo Leitrim TD Marc Mac Sharry TD has announced he will not contest the next general election. In announcing his decision he said it was an extraordinary privilege to serve in the Oireachtas but that now was the correct time to open a new chapter in his life…