Mairéad Farrell TD
@Farrell_Mairead
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Sinn Féin TD for Galway West/ South Mayo
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Joined March 2011
Officially a member of the 34th Dáil!. Go raibh maith agaibh 💚
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My heart is so sore for the people of Palestine tonight.
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Bloody Sunday 53 years on. My thoughts are with the people of Derry today.
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Protest outside Irish Parliament tonight in solidarity with the people of Palestine #GazaGenocide
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33 years ago my Aunty Mairéad & her 2 comrades Dan McCann & Seán Savage were murdered by the SAS. The use of Shannon Airport to facilitate imperialist wars means other families will experience that same heartache. We must call stop.
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Powerful to be in Guildhall to see @jeremycorbyn speaking at the memorial lecture marking the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
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Pamela Anderson saying her red line in a relationship is violence and then asked on RTÉ . "Do you think you're attracted to the wrong kind of men Pamela?" . Eh no, I thought we'd moved on from blaming women for violence inflicted on them by men 🙄.
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Narrator: He was not OK.
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Taoiseach saying - "Just Stop" to Mary Lou McDonald after asking genuine questions on #NMH has a serious whiff of condescension about it. If he's so confident on the deal what's the issue with questions being raised?.
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Prime Minister of Ireland. Bhí mé buartha cheanna féin faoi stádas na Gaeilge faoin Taoiseach nua, níor chuir sé seo ar mo shuaimhneas mé.
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The only person responsible for an attack is the attacker. Victim blaming must stop. Do better Matt.
@Claire_McGing @gardainfo Sorry to👂Claire. I often see girls walking alone at night while on phones in places I wouldn’t like my 15stone ripped nephew to be - situational awareness vital and also should be taught. Sorry to hear this happened in what should be a safe space - not all men are monsters!.
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Standing outside the Irish Parliament in solidarity with the people of Palestine. #FreePalestine
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The Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD must reflect on his comments to me today. I addressed him as a bereaved relative of the conflict, seeking a meeting with @RelativR as per a letter to him from 3500 bereaved relatives. The Irish Gov is a signatory of the Stormont House Agreement.
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I’m proud to be from the northside, I’m proud to be from Cork, I’m proud to be Irish and I’m a proud Republican,” Gould said. “I will not stand and have our nationalist identity used by those who seek to sow hate in our communities.". 👏🏻 @ThomasGouldSF
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Thoughts are with the Finucane family on Pat's 33rd anniversary and their continued campaign for truth.
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I am so humbled and grateful to be elected as your TD for Galway West & South Mayo in the next Dáil. Seasfaidh mise an fód ar son chosmhuintir na Gaillimhe agus Maigh Eo Theas, beidh mé i mo ghlór don phobal uilig. Mairéad Farrell TD
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*Reminder* Fine Gael have been in Government for the last 10 years I'm not sure what 'overnight' means in their book 😬.
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Mary Lou McDonald right, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael's manifestos are a list of all the things they haven't done.
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Leo Varadkar manages to turn a question about himself from Róisín Shortall about Sinn Féin. We're just over here living rent free in the Tánaiste's head 🏠.
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Marking the anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban revolution here in Galway in solidarity with the Cuban people!. #EndTheBlockade
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Honoured to be nominated by @MaryLouMcDonald to be PAC chair. My understanding that I would be the 1st woman chair. In my Dáil term I've brought forward bills on public expenditure, procurement & transparency. Wastage of public money must be tackled, let's get to work.
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Proud to be the first woman chair of the Public Accounts Committee, the most powerful committee in the Dáil. Ending the waste of public money and accountability will be my absolute focus.
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€490k for a wall while there are health centres across the country who are stranded with no generators. Make it make sense.
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One vaccination centre for all of County Galway, the 2nd largest county. It takes 1 hr 40 mins to get from Cleggan to Ballybrit!
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Disturbing reports about a racist incident in Galway City towards Chinese businesses, racism has no place in our society.
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You don't say. .
The practice of appointments to State Boards made with a nod or wink has no place in open modern democracy & could damage economic recovery.
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Ag smaoineamh ar m'aintín a dúnmharaíodh 32 bliain ó shin. Thinking of my aunt Mairéad and her comrades Dan McCann & Seán Savage who were murdered 32 years ago. At 31 she was just a year older than me at the time of her death. Thinking especially of those who miss them ❤️
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Life is given only once. Thinking of Mairéad, Dan & Seán and all those who love and miss them.
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CEO of HRI now on 190k with company car. Head of Dept of Health given 81k increase. HSE Chief salary of 420k with military driver . Another pay increase coming for TDs. No mention of Front Line Worker Bonus!!!. Yet "we're all in it together" .
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Today we had an induction for all new members of Dáil Éireann. I look forward to being a strong voice in this chamber for the people of Galway West and South Mayo 👍
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Delighted to make my maiden speech in Dáil Éireann to nominate @MaryLouMcDonald for Taoiseach. Mary Lou is the only Taoiseach who will fight for better government, better housing and a better healthcare system.
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My Aunty Mairéad speaking on #IWD2021 a year before her death on the issue of strip searching of women prisoners. In which she also mentions @M_AndersonSF & Ella O'Dwyer.
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Government disregard to taxpayers' money knows no bounds. €260 million on a building they won't even own!
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First count officially in so incredibly thankful for all those who supported and voted for me. Hugely honoured to top the poll. Go raibh míle maith agaibh 💚
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Remembering Mairéad, Dan and Seán 35 years on. Thinking of those who love and miss them 💚
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Your Galway Sinn Féin Team in the Dáil. We'll work together to be the strongest voice possible for Galway.
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Eddie Hobbs says that if you've two cows Sinn Féin would take one 😂. when trying to describe a 3% solidarity tax on individual incomes over 140k just on the income over 140k. i.e. So about 300 euro additional for those on 150k. Bizarre.
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€118bn through the IFSC, I've been raising it since Sept 2020,why could I not get a response from your Government?.
A bad article?? What is it with Sinn Fein and Putin/Russia. The man is an evil murdering dictator. How/why is that be ignored by SF.
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En route back to Galway after voting against the Taoiseach rotation. We need a change of Government not a Taoiseach swap.
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Did you know that these benches cost you €250,000?. Tax payers money must be spent wisely.
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It is the honour of a lifetime to top the poll in the best constituency there is!. Go raibh maith agaibh ar fad as an ucht an tacaíocht 💚
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At the start of the Palestine March in London 🙌🏻
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Yesterday myself and @chrisandrews64 again raised Julian Assange in the Dáil. It is high time that Assange is freed. #JulianAssange #FreeAssange. @StellaMoris1 @wikileaks
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Hugely honoured to be a Sinn Féin TD and member of the 33rd Dáil.
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#FreeAssange stall in Galway, Ireland today sending solidarity to Julian Assange as others do same in cities across the world. @wikileaks @StellaMoris1 @freeassangeire1
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More than doubling of people heading to Australia is no surprise. Figures show that 10,600 left in 12 months up from 4,700 last year. Government is failing young people. Sinn Féin want to build an Ireland that young people can stay in and want to come home to.
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This week I again raised the issue of #JulianAssange with the Irish Government. In light of last week's court ruling I urged the Government to finally and urgently speak out on his behalf. #FreeAssangeNOW #FreeAssange. @wikileaks @StellaMoris1
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Life is given but once. Remembering Mairéad, Dan and Seán. Thinking of all those who love and miss them ❤️
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Out of touch.
Fine Gael leader Simon Harris was approached during a canvass this evening by a woman who says she is a carer, and who said she believes the Government has "done nothing for us" | follow live:
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Always surprised how Sinn Féin seems to be left out of analysis on Dublin Bay South bye election. Sinn Féin took second seat with 16% of vote, some other parties always mentioned in the analysis on less than 10%. #TWiP.
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€550 to share a room in Galway City 😡. If it angers you like it angers me then join us on Saturday for a socially distanced rally organised by The Galway Homeless and Housing Coalition!
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Simon Coveney's bungling excuses on the News At One about the 'process' behind the Katherine Zappone debacle were so extraordinarily bad that I thought it was a gratuitous Callan's Kicks skit.
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At a time when tens of thousands of workers and families are struggling we should be reducing Ministers pay, not increasing it. Sinn Féin will oppose this legislation 👇. #Clueless.
The Cabinet is expected to sign off on legislation tonight which will allow them give THREE ministers of state who sit at Cabinet pay increases. Under current laws, they can only pay the €16k allowance to two ministers of state. #priorities.
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This day last year I was elected as a Sinn Féin TD for Galway West & what an honour it has been.
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A little bit of history 😊. 100 years ago, my Great Grandad, John Gaffney, an IRA Volunteer and a train driver from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, refused to drive four IRA volunteers to Sligo Jail for the RIC. He was interned for his actions.
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Just got confirmation (great timing) my FOI (Amendment) Bill is ready for introduction. @mmcgrathtd said in June FOI regime was ‘robust & functioning well’. #merriongate + Varadkar + Coveney = deleted texts, hacks and stinks of cronyism. End the FOI crisis, support my bill!.
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3 Galway Independents now voting for Simon Harris to be Taoiseach. They are voting to continue this Gov's failed policies in housing & health, that are causing real hardship for people across Galway. We need a General Election.
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Incredible honour to speak in Calvary Cemetery, New York, this morning. As we gathered and remembered our patriot dead. It was reinvigorating to meet fellow Uniting Irelanders from across the water 💚
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As someone of his generation and even with a mother from Berlin, I can say it's simply not the case.
Taoiseach Simon Harris has said people of his 'generation' are 'more familiar' with Berlin and Paris than they are with Belfast or Derry in the North. Harris made the comments as he addressed the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. Read more:
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"Shrill tones". Hate to break it to ya, the era of women being seen & not heard is long gone.
Harris firmly on the button here on Sinn Fein shrill tones & the inflammatory politics of strident populist negativity and blame.
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Fianna Fáil not content with a crisis in our housing and health care are now seeking to erode our neutrality. Outrageous.
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This is how my best friend's dog greets his neighbouring horses every day and it's the cutest thing ever ☺️🥰
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"We cannot let ourselves be bullied off the stage as women". My leader @MaryLouMcDonald 😊🙌🏻
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This is very concerning and clarification is urgently needed. I had been advised by NUIG that capacity in the Bailey Allen would be 36%, will follow up.
Just done my first exam in the Bailey Allen Nuig. The tables are so tight together it’s almost impossible to sit in the chair. It’s full capacity! If we don’t all catch covid it’ll be a Christmas miracle!.
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Imagine the neck of those who ran on a #voteleft #TransferLeft platform and just voted for for Mícheál Martin as Taoiseach & Leo Varadkar as Tánaiste 🤷♀️
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Kind of missing the point. People have every right to question public representatives including the Taoiseach.
Strong defence from Fine Gael ministers of Simon Harris’s commitment to disability issues after viral encounter with woman who said he had “done nothing” for carers. Helen McEntee says no one could question Taoiseach’s commitment to disability issues.
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It's said that all involved had underlying wealth conditions #thebeacon.
The Taoiseach has called for the board of the Beacon Hospital to hold the CEO 'accountable for his actions'
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The World = “Ireland’s GDP is leprechaun economics”. Fine Gael = “Irish GDP grew the most in the EU😊”. Sinn Féin = "If we use GDP to determine how much pandemic emergency funds we get we’re in trouble" . The outcome 👇.
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A long standing policy. FG had 14 years to do it and chose not to.
Sinn Féin have promised to abolish third level student fees if elected to government.
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"While this coalition of inequality may delay change, it will not stop it". Honoured to second the nomination of @MaryLouMcDonald as Taoiseach.
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Today after 36 years at @GMITOfficial my mother gave her last lecture ☺️ not fully finished yet but a milestone all the same!. Meine Mama ist die Beste 🥰
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It is always the tax payer that bears the risk. When delivery of modular homes went from €200k to €442k who paid the difference? The public purse. OPW had told Government that the sites were not right and were ignored.
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Huge swathes of the West still without power, water, phone coverage. Again the lack of investment in basic infrastructure across the West is apparent. New Gov only with one senior Minister from the West, this Gov cannot be business as usual for the West.
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I think what angered people the most was how brazen this 81k increase was. Most people will never see a salary of 81k let alone a pay increase of that size
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In solidarity of all families who are #NeverGivingUp and who are united against the British Government's legacy bill. @RelsForJustice
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Powerful Irish Famine Memorial in Philadelphia
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Stopped at Aidan McAnespie's memorial on my way to Derry today. Thinking of his mother Lizzie and sister Eilis who long campaigned for justice for Aidan & are no longer with us to see the news this week.
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This Government is completely out of touch, 81k pay increase while we're apparently "all in this together"
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Hugely honoured to deliver the main oration at this year's National Hunger Strike Commemoration 💚. To be in Derry, a city which raised Mickey Devine and Patsy O’Hara and a county which reared Tom McElwee, Kevin Lynch and Francis Hughes was very poignant.
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