DAIL ROW : Taoiseach and MacSharry clash again, this time over public appointments
Another row has erupted in the Dail between Sligo/Leitrim TD Marc MacSharry and Taoiseach and Fianna Fail Leader Micheal Martin. The latest exchanges arose this afternoon when the Sligo Leitrim TD challenged the Taoiseach to provide comprehensive answers to the Dáil when it comes to public appointments. Deputy MacSharry says…
Use post offices to speed up passport applications, urges MacSharry
A Sligo/Leitrim TD is calling for post offices to be used to shorten the time applicants for a passport have to wait. Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry is proposing that a ‘check, validate and send service’ for passport applications be introduced across the post office network, similar to a system…
MacSharry and Taoiseach clash again, this time over passports
A heated exchange has taken place in the Dáil this afternoon between a Sligo Leitrim TD and the Taoiseach over the process in involved in renewing or applying for passports. Sligo Leitrim TD Deputy Marc MacSharry raised the matter with Micheal Martin. Deputy MacSharry outlined how the turnaround time for…
MacSharry: ‘We cannot wait another 30 years for major road projects’
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says Sligo cannot wait another 30 years, risking more lives, for other ‘critical road projects’ in the region. Fianna Fail’s Marc MacSharry is making the comments ahead of an Taoiseach, Micheal Martin, officially opening the €140m N4 Dual Carriageway today. Deputy MacSharry praised the of the N4…
€4m boost for NW technological university
The formation of a technological university in the north west has been given a significant boost with an allocation of over €4m. The money is going towards the Connacht Ulster Alliancem which encompasses ITSligo, LYIT and GMIT; their ultimate goal is to create a univeristy for the region. All three…
MacSharry: ‘Gov’t has failed to balance Covid advice with needs of society’
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says politicians, government and the Oireachtas have ‘failed utterly’ to balance the advice on Covid with the needs of a functioning society Deputy Marc MacSharry was responding to the announcement earlier this afternoon that the re-opening of indoor dining has been delayed until at least the 19th…
MacSharry: ‘If Nazis had as many bollards in France on D-Day as are in Strandhill, God knows what outcome of war would have been’
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has lashed out at what he called the ‘lack of alignment’ and contradictions when it comes to various government policies, including in relation to housing, business development and opening up the economy after the pandemic. Speaking in the Dail this afternoon, Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry hit…