Marc MacSharry
@MarcMacsharryTD
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Is it any wonder the Children’s Hospital cost is now at 2.5bn and counting ? 🤔
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Migration Pact Opt-In is Madness!As a people who migrated the world no one opposes strategically planned and managed migration but the headless chicken approach must not be allowed to continue.See Dail remarks
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Madness. No plan No ambition no clue how to live with covid. Discriminatory plans to divide society and discriminate on grounds of health. We have failed utterly to balance advice with the needs of a functioning society. I despair.
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Independent TD Marc MacSharry says Ukrainian refugees get ‘favouritism’ over Irish people in back-to-work schemes.
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Ireland: approx. - 1,000 new cases today, population under 5 million, restricted society - antigen testing “ like snake oil” according to nphet. Austria: approx 350 new cases, population under 10 million, everything open, regular antigen testing. Draw your own conclusions.
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Government Must ReVisit their Friday decision.Numbers down in hospital indications on new variant = more contagious but less virulent.Nphet modelling never correct not even once.HPSC data =Private Houses,Schools &Medical/Residential the hotspots-hospitality safer.#hpsc.
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Superficial & Absurd driven by irrational fear and total aversion to risk. You cannot run a country like this!!There is a total absence of real leadership. 8pm is laughable - a sop to Tony unviable. Madness.
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Emergency planning powers invoked to erect high quality modular homes in Doorly Park Sligo for Ukrainian Refugees-Can we not invoke these powers to deal with our own 12 yr old housing & homeless crisis ASWELL? -1500 families with no home on Sligo Housing List! See MM response!😳
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Why not just cut to the chase and iintroduce Marshall Law and bring indefinite internment for all dissenters 😳.
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Total Waffle & Nonsense by Min Donnelly on Holohan Salary on Morning Ireland-‘Tony wanted a new challenge’😳😳.Cabinet now merely non exec group to rubber stamp the ‘choices’of the civil service elite where process and remuneration at best unorthodox at worst corrupt.
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Who runs this country. Look at HPSC data. Bananas. The spread is in households schools and residential settings. Managed settings - ie play centres bowling alleys cafes bars and restaurants should be encouraged over private homes.
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Merrion Gate: In advance of a more thorough Investigation by an Oir. Comm. into the public appointment to a UN position and the bash in the Merrion, to now end speculation I think all members of gov, ministers and the oireachtas should indicate whether they were there or not.
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Vaccination arrives yesterday! EU Countries already in full swing yet we not Vaccinating til December 30th.HSE advise training won’t be provided ‘online’ until December 29th.Have we never inoculated anyone before? All a bit pedestrian.😳Just saying. @FergalBowers @rtenews.
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Now it’s Neutrality/ Triple Local & Irish Veto. Zero respect for the Irish People and Parliament. First it was corporation tax. Now they are set to give it all away?? We truly are a dictatorship disguised as a democracy @rtenews
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Everyone worried with Covid increase. Question:How many additional acute and ICU beds added since March 2020?😳We must live with, that means increase capacity ?? Recent hospitality guidelines bizarre and highlight total ineptitude of those tasked with design. I despair 😩.
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“Balance and perspective” An Taoiseach says of comparison to treatment of BCowen as opposed to that of Tánaiste and Minister for FA on leakgate and Zapponegate. Mmm. But one rule for FF and none for FG. It makes fools of us all. No credibility.#Drivetime.
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On extra €81k for Sec Gen of health Taoiseach-‘I want covid to bring a reformed health service��. starting with €292k for SG(600 staff) & €363 for HSE CEO.(102k staff) : Sec Gen of UK Dept of Health €171k (2160 staff) CEO of NHS €241k(1.4m staff).Benchmarking Irish style 😳.
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This puts Ireland’s approach to Corporate Governance into a zone that one might expect from Mugabe’s Zimbabwe or Putin’s Russia but certainly not a nation which sees itself as promoting best practice in corporate governance. Gov should block this ASAP.
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UK have administered 1m vaccines,Israel 1.5m Denmark over 60k.Taoiseach target 135k by end Feb. At that rate 5.5yrs to do all. Unacceptable! Mobilise and enable health workers, secure vaccine supplies and roll out 24/7, 365. This is an emergency. #COVID19ireland
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Dictatorship disguised as one in the FF PP has an iota of Input Into policy for many years. After 19 years between senate Dail and front bench I for one am no longer prepared to support this facade.Absent but cant support#hesgottogo
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A report? What are you not clear on??Censure the man who took the unilateral action without authority, tell TCD to pay the salary & Cabinet must assume and use the executive power they are responsible to and expected by the people to hold!#rtenews
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So having contacted Sligo Co Co in disbelief it seems this photo as sent by a resident in strandhill this morning is of a bench which has just been repainted. It will be ‘reopened when dry thus evening’ - thank god. Timing not the best given recent debate but fair enough!
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So,case numbers through the roof but Omricon far less virulent. Multiple studies confirming same. S.African stats undeniable. Hospital numbers here falling, generally and also ICU. - better close everything down just in case😳. At what point does the leadership piece kick in ?
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We all want to do our bit-BUT-since war Feb 24th Irish Pop. up more than that of Co Leitrim.DEASP. Unfair to Refugees and a betrayal of our own people not to acknowledge our limitations.Reckless and irresponsible in face of a floundering housing emergency!
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Discriminatory to tell Rests. and Gastro Pubs ‘we trust you and your customers’ but not Rural Publicans or Small Pubs and theirs. The HSPC data is 70% of cases since the covid began come from houses, 0.3% from pubs. Dissenter internment announcement next week perhaps . 😳.
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Covid Craziness Continues Vaccinated people can eat and drink indoors but bowling and other indoor activity like children’s play centres, amusements and yoga classes are too dangerous!🙄 whatever ye do don’t listen to live music that will surely lead to ill health #givemestrength.
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75% vacc’d but mingling and dancing are fatal?Is this based on scientific imperative or control ?40k for Croke Park but ye can’t have a boogie.Maybe if the Tánaiste attended a wedding and strut the stuff on the dance floor the AG could step in again? 😳🤯
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@PaulMcauliffe Well hallelujah!!! Welcome to the Party Paul. I thought I was hearing things. No music at weddings,. 11:30 curfew - have I missed something. Last year we had no vaccine and everyone was vulnerable. Why must we persist with the Stasi-esque rules 🤯.
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Weve given too much power to the EU and have left Leinster House toothless
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EU & Ireland failing citizens so far on vaccine. Made in EU yet Israel & Bahrain lead the world using an EU vaccine 😳 12% of Israel population dosed already. Ireland have it a week, we ve put it on display and vaccinated less than 2000. Pedestrian !Let’s get with the program.
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Proof! blatant inconsistency and discriminatory nature of certain Nphet covid restrictions blindly rubber stamped by Gov.Amidst fight with church on events cred of AG,Gov & Nphet in tatters.Depending on the protagonists involved different rules apply.Disgusted!#doasisaynotasido.
The Thick Of It !! . Attorney General says parties of up to 200 allowed outdoors as Leo Varadkar says he is ‘confident’ he didn’t break Covid rules at Zappone party.
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Happy to graduate this morning from Ulster Univeristy with a Masters of Philosophy in Life & Health Scientists. Congrats to all those graduating from all Univeristies this summer.
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Student Accomm Update.Happy to say following much pressure the Gov. have agreed not to displace ATU students for refugees.Brava Capital must now offer units to Students.I am directly appealing to them to do so asap. #@PatKennyNT#@atusligo_ie#@drivetimerte
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I know it’s a stretch but might be nice to consult your members or even the actually parliamentary party ??
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Very unfair attack by Dr.Tony on Donegal People the vast majority of whom followed Nphet guidelines to a T.Very large & rural County where people have no choice but to travel for services. Dublin 2,4 & 6 prob. oblivious to this.
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That’s the stuff! dry run for the Merrion ‘moment of happiness’ to celebrate our new UN envoy July 21st. Tax Payers Moët at this gig though😳but hey, ‘Lessons were learned’ when the AG clarified that the rules up to then for the chosen=gigs of up to 200.🤣
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Ridiculous! A proposed justification for puritanical, absurd modelling with a 100% margin for error that has yet to be right! No leadership No Vision and the way things are no life. leaders should lead. Tail wags Dog! 😳 #basiccommonsense
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Leadership crisis in Fianna Fáil, says Marc MacSharry
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The Tánaiste must make a detailed statement on the troubling content of an article in @VillageMagIRE which is a matter of concern. He should also make himself available for questions in the Dail next week on the matter. These are serious accusations which must be addressed.
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Elderly and most vulnerable must not be ignored again. Budget 2022 must include increases in the old age pension. Inflation, cost of living and common decency demand no less for those who built our nation. #budget2022
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Misrepresentation is dishonest and wrong. An examination of these matters must be carried out by Gardai into the legality of misrepresentation. If it is not against the law it should be.
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Great - if only he knew someone in authority to keep an eye on expenditure ? Best commentator in the business 😳@MichealMartinTD @rtenews
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Without prejudice to any investigation in any party or any society - lived experience of Micheal Martins fluid, causal and creative approach to governance deserves mainstream scrutiny. On your next trip to ireland take a look at yourself !!
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All about Pats, They draw and are football headline and Sligo Rovers beat SPL team Motherwell and not a mention. Price of TV licence in Inchicore same as Sligo but different standards apply. 😳
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@CorkmanRambling Dispute what you like. It’s a fact. Confirmed in writing by Dept. Same rules for all.Must apply. That’s what’s required of whatever nationality. Can’t have one rule for some and different rules for others.
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Magnificent Mona 🥉 🥉 🥉. Congrats!!!What an achievement, All of Ireland proud! Congrats to Mona’s parents Aidan, Viola and all the Grange McSharrys, Marlin’s Swimming Club Ballyshannon and all coaches and Irish Olympians. 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 .
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What quite rightly we are prepared to do for some, but it seems not others ?? Where are the mainstream media in this scandal? #rtenews #housing #housingcrisis #journal #irishindependent #thejournal #virginmedia
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This sort of Headline reflects absolute sensationalism at a that needs common sense and practicality@amd assurance. Those responsible can reflect, medical megalomania or media sensationalism - neither are helpful. Both should be ashamed
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Without prejudice to imminent hearings on other events, Garda/DPP view on this & MerrionGate eagerly awaited. One thing certain there was unlikely to have been much swilling of tax payers ‘Moët’ in Clifden. One rule for some but none for them others. 😳
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Allow Fans attend the Sligo Rovers v Drogheda Game on June 12th.The Bit O’Red are top of the table and Sligo is consistently in the Top performers in the fight against covid as the evidence will show.I have formally requested Mins of Health,Sport and Taoiseach to sanction same!
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Depending on the protagonists involved different rules apply.
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This is not about Dr s about weeding out obscure and corrupt practice of the provision of glorified multimillion euro ‘garden leave’ for civil service elite to ease their way to pension age.#RTÉ news
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@declanganley FF, now a vehicle for the personal views & progression of one person. Great people within are made fools of every day. Narcissism and vindictiveness defines the one at the top.The great brand borne of principle integrity and vision is s really tragic!.
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Finally!!What has applied is madness given our housing emergency.A year + since I first called for this.12 mths behind the curve but finally they listen.@rtenews @OceanNWT @PatKennyNT
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Maverick former Fianna Fáil TD Marc MacSharry to bow out of politics after more than two decades.
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Safer not to get out of bed! Mean while on earth ….Safer not to bring children to indoor dining - Holohan via @RTENews
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@mdmak33 Yes I would very much like to see the full list of attendees and No was certainly not in attendance. Contrast in outcome from golfgate to leakgate and merriongate is totally unacceptable to me.
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Old normal almost back please god. Sligo 21:46pm sept 25 th
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Excellent Sligo Rovers Master Plan launched. 6k all seater, new academy hub and new neighbourhood centre for Sligo’s west side. €17m by 2028. Sligo CoCo and FAI endorse. Let’s all get behind it. Well done Chair Tommy Higgins and all the Bit O’Red Team. Super stuff
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Legend! All of Ireland proud of this man. What a performance 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
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EU fails us again on vaccination. Time to lift the phone to a Boris and seek short term loan of vaccines. Also mirror their approach for later second jab given 84% efficacy of initial jab reported in UK,US & Israel#borrowfromboris
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Good night everybody. I cannot thank you all enough for your help in the election. I am humbled and extremely grateful for your support. I am totally focused and determined to deliver for you and all of our area in the months ahead. My sincere thanks to you all.
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Today’s data. The old Monday to Friday approach evident here.
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70%+ compliance but Hospitality still being set up to take the fall by Gov. This is wrong.More capacity & staff required in acute hospital network and ICU.Covid here to stay. We must build capacity & Encourage vaccination boosters & best personal practice.
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Nothing like a bit of retro-engineering when cover demands. I wonder will there be any retro-engineering of cabinet confidentiality and the official secrets act.😳 Sickening stuff. You couldn’t make it up.
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He should be thanking them for brutal ref’s two penalty gift last night in Richmond Park.Really poor a free in the other a free out/yellow card for diving! @stpatsfc @sligorovers @rtesport @LeagueofIreland
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Private Houses Schools Residential care settings, hospitals and residential institutions according to HPSC constitute location of vast majority of clusters and outbreaks - Sports Recreation & hospitality among the lowest - is it superficial to focus restrictions on them ?
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Gov funded charity hands out tents-Gov remove tents.Taxpayers pay! Crisis predicted 2yrs ago-Gov ignored. Headless chickens!😳🤯”Tents to 'be removed as they are put up' - Tánaiste via @RTENewsPaulC @MichealMartinTD @Deirdregil419
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So now we know! Hospital costs out of control - see letter received by us at PAC this morning - it confirms this project operating on a blank cheque basis. Incredibly confirmed in writing No one knows nor will they know how much it is going to cost - Madness
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Happy birthday Dad, 79 years young today. With my brother and brothers in law. Thanks for all the advice along the way.
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Finally a Minister who chooses not to be dedicated to blindly defend the status quo and circle the wagons every time there’s a crisis. Bravo Anne Rabbitte on taking on the septic nature of aspects of our system. MM & Leo take note of some real leadership.#rtenews.#RTEDrivetime.
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Great to have my brothers Bryan and Ray with me on Day 1 of the 33rd Dail. Please God the weeks ahead will yield a Government and a radical program to tackle Health,Housing, Cost of living, Rural Decline and Regional Balance.
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What are the terms of the EU contract with Vaccine manufacturers ? It’s obviously very different to the one the UK has. No delivery issues there. Is it price or what are the issues. All is not what it seems. Manufacturers need to tell us why ???.
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John Downing: Irish have compassion for Ukrainians fleeing war, but there’s no escaping fact welfare payments here are EU’s highest .
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Cardiology Solution for Sligo University Hospital secured and Co Sligo inclusion in MICA scheme assured - the price of support for Government in tonight’s vote! See FB for more details.
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Fair play Sligo County Council. First in Ireland to get on with it and hold a full council meeting. Where there’s a will there’s a safe way. It’s seems our Dail can’t manage it as the Will is just not there. Well done all concerned.
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@Jaaay_sus Timing ? Alternatives? Housing crisis? Hello - noble ambition but tone deaf in circumstances.
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Best wishes to all and sincere thanks for all the help and support over the last 22 years. Happy Christmas and best wishes for new chapter in 2025. 🙏
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