Up the Royal!! Today’s the big day. Best wishes to Robbie Brennan and the Meath GAA team. Whatever happens, they’ve lifted the whole county and given us some great days this year. Here’s hoping for another one today. 👏👏 #anmhíabú 🟢🟡

Getting ready for the off here at Croke Park. Up the Royal! #anmhíabú 🟢🟡

Great interview. Well done to Robbie and the lads. Ran out of road today but very much looking forward to the future. Maith sibh.

CRU plan means households pay more while data centres get discount energy prices – Lynn Boylan 🍷📖🐾 "Rather than giving priority to big corporations, the government should challenge this CRU decision and ensure that a fairer plan for energy charges is agreed." sinnfein.ie/news/cru-plan-…

I will be on LMFM RADIO after 10am this morning discussing Garda numbers in Co. Meath. Instead of recruiting 1,000 new Gardaí this year, the govt now say they will only reach 600-650. Another broken promise and a bad picture getting worse in Meath.

This evening, Sinn Féin’s motion on endometriosis will be debated in the Dáil - tune in at 7pm to watch live. Following a series of public meetings, we’re bringing the voices of women and girls directly into the corridors of power.

Sinn Féin has brought a motion to the Dáil calling on the Government to deliver appropriate care to women with endometriosis rte.ie/news/2025/0715…

“A third of parents are getting into debt to pay back-to-school costs.” The response from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Lowry Independents? …. “Let them.” A cost-of-living package is urgently needed to help people through the winter. independent.ie/irish-news/a-t…

Credit Union back-to-school survey highlights urgent need for cost-of living package – Darren O’Rourke TD "This survey found the stark reality that one in three families will be forced into debt to send their children back to school this Autumn." sinnfein.ie/news/credit-un…

....as many as 260 children could still be without a school place for the new term. An official figure was not provided. "Parents and families feel like they are being gaslit in relation to this," Mr. O'Rourke said. irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4167…

🚌 Every child who needs and wants a school bus place should have a school bus place.

I was happy to meet with ASTI representatives in Leinster House to discuss Min. McEntee’s rushed approach to Senior Cycle Redevelopment - resources? training? AI? assessments? - and the urgent need for constructive engagement. Time is of the essence…

Minister’s failure to implement recommendations of school transport review will deny children a place on their local school bus – Darren O’Rourke TD sinnfein.ie/news/ministers…

Saturday? There's no place other than Tullamore on Saturday 19th when Meath take on the All Ireland Champions Kerry at 5.15pm Tickets universe.com/events/tg4-all… #Properfan

This week, in the Dáil, I raised the need to prioritise investment in water infrastructure in Meath - in waste water treatment capacity in Kells and in the town mains in Duleek. We have had a chronic under-investment in water infrastructure in the county. That must change....

While the Minister, the Junior Minister & the Head of the NCSE refuse to say how many children with additional needs don't have a school place for Sept, the Minister says "there as never been as much engagement". For more than 50 families that engagement is in the High Court...

Women in this state are suffering. Endometriosis is debilitating, yet the govt continues to show no commitment to investing in women’s healthcare. Too many are being forced to travel for basic care. It’s not good enough. SF stands with you.

Government must significantly increase funding for social and affordable housing in new NDP – Eoin Ó Broin "Last year, just €3.423bn of exchequer capital expenditure was spent delivering social and affordable homes." sinnfein.ie/news/governmen…

Big announcements but little details in new NDP review – Mairéad Farrell TD "As they say the devil is in the detail, and right now many of those details are still missing." sinnfein.ie/news/big-annou…

The Ukrainian Accomodation Payment Scheme is unfair and deeply divisive. Landlords are using the scheme to line their pockets while renters struggle with rising costs and a broken housing system. The scheme must now be urgently reviewed. We need fairness and transparency.