Michael McNamara MEP
@McNamaraMEP
Independent MEP for Ireland’s South constituency. Formerly TD for Clare.
One wouldn’t seek to influence the outcome of a matter before the Courts….
Eamon Ryan: Judicial system is on the front line of the fight to avert climate catastrophe irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…
We need clarity immediately on whether there will be a new model 3 hospital in the Midwest as part of the National Development Plan announced today. €9 bn is a lot of money for Health CapEx but is it enough for children’s hospital overruns, a new national maternity hospital, a…
Why are we being left without proper healthcare? What are you doing about this? 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 The number of patients on trolleys at #UHL today. @MichealMartinTD @SimonHarrisTD @BernardGloster @HSELive @roinnslainte @CarrollJennifer
Sad but not surprising. I’ve questioned Ukraine’s preparedness to join the EU and whether lessons would be learned from 2007. Some want it join merely because they hate Russia. Not a good enough reason to bring more organised crime and corruption into EU apnews.com/article/ukrain…
Look up its Aer Lingus - shafting its customers . Why is @CCPCIreland (Competition and Consumer Protection Commission) looking away when it comes to @AerLingus systemic behaviour? irishtimes.com/your-money/202…
#Otd 1616: Death in Rome of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. Aged c. 76. Led resistance in Nine Years' War against Elizabeth I. "The Flight of the Earls" occurred Sept 1607, when 99 left for Spain, ending up in Rome. 🪦San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, Italy. 🇮🇹 dib.ie/biography/onei…
"My mother probably has the rosary beads swallowed at this stage and my father probably has the cows milked three times" - winning Tipperary manager Liam Cahill. Hon the Premier!! #Tipperary #TippCork
Sadly, this act adds to the continuous military attacks against the civilian population and places of worship in Gaza. I again call for an immediate halt to the barbarism of the war and for a peaceful resolution of the conflict. I renew my appeal to the international community to…
I get called all sorts on here, doesn't bother me, but must be a truly dreadful existence to be the type who hides behind an anonymous a/c and just spreads negativity and hate. I pity them, the same way I now pity the losers who tried to bully me in school.
The roof over the platform at #Sligo is a wonderful advert for the rail infrastructure of Ireland... A staggering €23bn is set to be spent on the Dublin Airport Metro. How much would it cost to repair a roof @DarraghOBrienTD?
Or hurled the little streets upon the great
Can’t ever recall a week like this in Ireland-US relations. The Irish political class is as supportive of the Palestinian cause as the US political class is of the Israeli cause, and as this senator, and at least a dozen more US lawmakers have made clear, the two sides are on a…
Love this!! Long live rural Ireland ☘️
We agreed that once the turf was footed, that we will book tickets for a water park. Two mighty little workers when they are motivated 😊💪
Probably one of the most prophetic paragraphs of the twentieth century - from Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985)
Spending on weapons won’t sustain the lives of rural communities - spending through the Common Agricultural Policy and cohesion funding will. Security is important in the EU, but so is food security. Standing in full support of farmers and farming organisations in Brussels…
🆕🚨Parliament’s Artificial Intelligence Act working group co-chairs @brandobenifei & @McNamaraMEP react to the new code of practice supporting compliance with the act’s rules for general-purpose models. @EP_SingleMarket & @EP_Justice Full statement 📰europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-…
"To us, it looks like we overestimate our impact on Russia and underestimate our role for Israel. ... Where are the international rules Europeans have advocated in the past when you need them? What about the universality of our values?" eurointelligence.com
Discussed last week’s shock announcement regarding the Nitrates derogation with @ICOS1894 and @teagasc representatives today.
FF + FG cllrs voted against a motion for a Referendum on neutrality today at County Hall, Cork 👀 Motion tabled by @Peter0Donoghue defeated 35-17 #neutrality #TripleLock #defenceforces New article up - link in comments
Nuclear generated energy guarantees for Ireland the mere consideration of which is banned in Ireland.
Minister Darragh O'Brien and UK Minister Kerry McCarthy have today signed an extension to an existing energy Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will see increased cooperation between both countries in the energy transition. Read more here: gov.ie/en/department-…
What a horrible subhuman leaves a broken bottle in the sand on a beach where children will play tomorrow?
Interesting that Coimisiún na Meán @CNaM_ie should contract somebody who engages in abusive commentary online to design its website. And, yes, I didn’t need @diarmaidm to tell me that the function is required by statute to be exercised on the advice of the Minister for Defence.…