● Teachta Dála (Member) from 2002 to 2007 and since 2020 in Éireann – the Irish House of Commons
● Former Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2019
● Deputy Chair of PDE since December 2012.
As a member of Dáil Éireann - the lower house of Ireland's Oireachtas - Marian Harkin is committed to ensuring that her constituency, located in the northern part of the Republic of Ireland, receives its share of investment, jobs, infrastructure and services. Independent Marian Harkin has represented the Sligo-Leitrim constituency, which includes counties Sligo, Leitrim and north Roscommon and south Donegal, since the 2020 general election in Ireland. She was previously a Member of Parliament or Teachta Dála from 2002 to 2007. In Europe, she has been Deputy Leader of the European Democratic Party since December 2012 and a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2019. She was a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and a substitute in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and the Committee on Petitions (PETI). Marian Harkin was born in 1953 in Ballintogher, County Sligo, Ireland. She studied geology at University College, Dublin, graduating with a bachelor's degree. Prior to that, she was a secondary school mathematics teacher in the town of Sligo for 23 years.
As a woman with many female family members and friends, I am deeply concerned by this #suspendedsentence. I am really angry and horribly sad at the same time. I have a pain in the pit of my stomach. Soldier avoids jail term after beating woman unconscious
Soldier avoids jail term after beating woman unconscious
A serving soldier who beat a woman unconscious in a random street attack, and boasted about it on social media, ...
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This is deeply unacceptable. There is no justice for the victim and it sends all the wrong messages about attacking and beating up women. I am #shocked #disgusted and really #saddened Soldier avoids jail term after beating woman unconscious
Soldier avoids jail term after beating woman unconscious
A serving soldier who beat a woman unconscious in a random street attack, and boasted about it on social media, ...
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Opting into the #migrationpact before we scrutinise and analyse the full implications for #Ireland is bad legislation, putting the cart before the horse and tying the hands of every future Minister for Justice. Once in, no way out #stop
.@EamonRyan is a committed politician who secured many positive outcomes to help support our planet. Didn’t always agree on the detail but shared many of the objectives. What’s more important is that he is a thoroughly decent man.I wish him the best
Just shows how the Government vote is holding up #Blaney transferred >75% of transferrable votes (approximately 6,500 non transferrable) to Government candidates and 8% to SF. That’s a hammer blow to SF @LatedebateRTE @oconnellhugh @malcolmbyrne
That was s tough,raw interview with Keith Henry, I was riveted listening to him. @OceanNWT The 2 days have captured the elation & the heartbreak of elections & it had made politics real for people. Well done to all involved especially those behind the scenes