EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: MacSharry says FF now a one-man show – Insists he WILL stand in next Election
Marc MacSharry has spoken exclusively to North West Today on Ocean FM, after his dramatic resignation of the Fianna Fail party whip last evening. In a wide-ranging interview, he outlines why he took the decision, the problems Fianna Fail are facing, how he feels Fine Gael have treated FF with…
Fianna Fail in self-examination mode at Cavan meeting today
The Fianna Fáil parliamentary party will meet in Cavan today to review last year’s general election result and to plan for the upcoming Dáil term. Critics of leader Micheál Martin are expected to voice their feelings at the gathering in Ballyconnell. Among the most vocal has been Sligo/Leitrim Fianna Fail…
MacSharry has no confidence in Martin and even less in Donnelly
A Sligo Leitrim TD has told a parliamentary party that he has no confidence in the Taoiseach and even less in the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly. Deputy Marc MacSharry made the remarks after it emerged that the National Public’s Health Emergency Teams’s modelling of the direction Covid could…
Faianna Fáil Councillor to be next Leitrim Cathaoirleach
Leitrim Fianna Fáil Councillors Paddy O’ Rourke from the Ballinamore Municipal District will be elected as the new Cathaoirleach of Leitrim County Council today. The Council AGM will take place at 12.30. It’s expected that fellow Fianna Fáil Councillor, Paddy Farrell who is based close to Leitrim village…
Kenny accuses MacSharry of getting into a twist over fake poling
There are contrasting views today among public elected representatives in the northwest when it comes to the fallout from revelations that political parties have engaged in using fake poling representatives to obtain voters’ views. The controversy over fake poling representatives continues to rumble on into its second day, yesterday…
Tributes paid to former Sligo Cathaoirleach Patsy Barry
The death has occurred of the former north Sligo councillor, Patsy Barry, from Grange. The Fianna Fail representative took his seat on the council in the late 1990s in succession to the late Grange-based councillor and senator, Willie Farrell.. In 2005, Cllr Barry was elected as Cathaoirleach,…
Details of reopening the country discussed at parliamentary party meetings
Hairdressers and barbers will be prioritised for re-opening next month, along with places of worship. Taoiseach Micheál Martin also told his party last night work is underway for booster vaccines to fight COVID variants. Last night the Taoiseach wrote to church leaders telling them the government was…