● 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.
von der Leyen squeaks through some @GreensEFA supporting and some from @ecrgroup while some @RenewEurope vote against including FF MEP’s. The dynamics within and between some groups are fascinating #everyvotecounts @iiea @IIEABrussels #vonderLeyen 410 votes
A superb piece of work. Unfortunately it paints a very unbalanced situation in regard to investment in the Northern and Western region, actually it’s just not acceptable.
A brilliant football strategist. While most people remember the Galway wins, I will never forget #Leitrim winning the #Nestor cup in1994. A decent man and a hugely committed politician, RIP Double All-Ireland-winning manager John O'Mahony dies
Double All-Ireland-winning manager John O'Mahony dies
Former Mayo, Leitrim and Galway manager, John O'Mahony, has died.
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A lovely spot
A short tribute to a favourite son of Sligo,the late Tommy Gorman. Tommy was a trusted,fully informed top class journalist. We admired his total professionalism & were so proud that he was #Sligo to the bone & really saddened by his leaving us so soon
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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