Local TDs says justice and redress must come before amnesty or clemency for British forces
A Donegal TD says the British government must not curtail further inquests arising from the northern Troubles. Independent Deputy Thomas Pringle was speaking in the Dail yesterday during a debate following an inquest’s findings that the 10 people killed in the August 1971 Ballymurphy attack were entirely innocent. Deputy Pringle…
Will St Angela’s College be part of new technological university?
The Minister of Education has heard that an amalgamation between St Angela’s College in Sligo with the proposed new technological university for the north west makes more sense than continuing the link with NUI Galway. Fianna Fail Deputy Marc Mac Macsharry told Minister Harris in the Dail that the amalgamation…
MacSharry wants early decision on this year’s exams
A Sligo/Leitrim TD is asking that decisions on this year’s school examinations, particularly in relation to the Leaving Certificate, be taken within the next three weeks at the latest. Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry told the Dail that students, parents and families deserved to know early what will be the…
Vaccination preparations ‘a disaster and a disgrace,’ insists MacSharry
A Sligo/Leitrim TD is lashing out at government over what he says is its failure to prepare adequately for Covid vaccinations, describing it as ‘a disaster and a disgrace.’ In the Dail yesterday evening, Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry said people in the north who were not in nursing homes…
MacSharry says Ireland should do side-deals to get more vaccines
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has called on the Health Minister to do a side-deal to get greater quantities of the COVID vaccine. It’s after Germany broke out of the EU’s combined purchase effort to get more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Ireland is getting 1.1 per cent of an agreed group…
Cut the red tape when it comes to vaccine, says MacSharry
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says extra resources are needed to help roll out the Covid-19 vaccine. There has been criticism over the low level of vaccinations that have taken place in the country since the Pfizer vaccine was approved. Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said yesterday the vaccination target has increased from…
MacSharry slams preparations for Covid vaccinations
A Sligo/Leitrim TD is criticising the country’s approach to rolling out vaccines. Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry says 40 thousand doses of the Covid vaccine have been received by the State, but only 1,800 were administered by Friday night. Deputy MacSharry says our preparations have fallen short: https://filedn.com/lglCaxamfnlV2gaMY6rU7tH/News%20Clips%202020/07mcsharry-add-vaccine-clip-cod.mp3