TD claims Kenny succession is distracting government from its work
A Sligo/Leitrim TD who’s a member of the Public Accounts Committee says there’s now a ‘crisis’ in the management of the gardai. Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry also says he believes the ongoing attention within Fine Gael on who will succeed Enda Kenny as Taoiseach has distracted the government from…
MacSharry says Orkambi ordeal illustrates problem with early availability of new drugs
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says the situation surrounding the CF drug Orkambi has highlighted the need to speed up the process of making new drugs available once they have been approved. Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry says that while he welcomes the agreement now made with manufacturter Vertex for the drugs…
Department insists there’s no plan to recentralise jobs from Sligo to Dublin
The Department of Social Protection insists that there are no plans to re-centralise any jobs from Sligo to Dublin. It follows concerns raised by Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry before Christmas that 32 positions at the information centre of the department’s office in Sligo are to move to Dublin. …
Deadline nears for submissions on reuniting County Donegal for elections
A member of the campaign to reunite Donegal for election purposes says people in the south of the county feel that, at present, they are ‘in no man’s land.’ Part of South Donegal are now in with the Sligo/Leitrim constituency, which also includes part of West Cavan. Earlier this week,…
Taoiseach non-commital on jobs move from Sligo to Dublin
The Taoiseach was non committal in answering a Sligo/Leitrim TDs question about the decision to move more than 30 jobs from Sligo to Dublin. 32 jobs are to be moved from the information sector of the department of social welfare office in Sligo to Dublin. Fianna Fail TD Marc MacSharry…
MacSharry raises Sligo family’s cystic fibrosis drug campaign in the Dail
The campaign by a Sligo town family to have the drug, Orkambi, made more widely available to cystic fibrosis sufferers has been raised in the Dail this afternoon. Terri and Aisling Golden have been among the most vocal critics of the decision by the HSE not to fund the provision…
Getting into asylum process was key to Iranian man ending hunger strike
Being allowed enter the asylum process in this country was what finally convinced a 44-year old Iranian man who was on hunger strike in Sligo for 36 days to end his fast yesterday afternoon. Amjad Rosstami, who is living in Globe House, a Direct Provision Centre in Sligo, went on…