Marc MacSharry (born 12 July 1973) is an independent, formerly Fianna Fáil, politician who is a Teachta Dála (TD) for Sligo–Leitrim since 2016. From 2002 to 2016, he was a Fianna Fáil Senator on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. He resigned from Fianna Fáil's parliamentary party in September 2021, alleging double standards. He resigned his Fianna Fáil membership in November 2022, amid claims he had bullied colleagues. Early life MacSharry was born in Dublin in 1973 to Ray MacSharry, the former Tánaiste and European Commissioner, and his wife Elaine Neilan (died 2008). He was educated in Sligo and at Castleknock College, Dublin and is currently an M.Phil. research masters candidate at the University of Ulster. Prior and in parallel to his political career, MacSharry worked in the financial services sector with Irish Permanent Building Society and Irish Permanent Finance (now Irish Life and Permanent) between 1992 and 1995, and as a chief executive officer of Sligo Chamber of Commerce & Industry between 2000 and 2005. He marketed and exported meat products throughout the world with Celtic Foods Ltd from 1995 to 2000 and provided consultancy to other meat export firms from 2000 to 2002. He ran his own estate agency and property solutions provider from 2006 to 2017. Political career Seanad Éireann (2002–2016) Following his election to the Seanad in 2002, he was appointed Seanad Spokesperson on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. He was re-elected in 2007 and was appointed Seanad Spokesperson on Finance. On 31 January 2011, prior to that year's general election, MacSharry was appointed to the Fianna Fáil frontbench by the new party leader Micheál Martin, as Spokesperson on Tourism and Arts. MacSharry was a candidate at the 2011 general election in the Sligo–North Leitrim constituency, but was not elected. He was re-elected to the Seanad in April 2011 and was appointed Fianna Fáil Seanad Spokesperson on Health. Following the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and the consequent mortgage arrears crisis which ensued in Ireland, MacSharry co-founded the prevention of family home repossessions group, advocating for the protection of the family home. MacSharry introduced the Family Home Bill, 2011 in July to Seanad Eireann which would effectively have prevented the granting of an order for the repossession of a primary family residence except in very exceptional circumstances where borrowers were in difficulty due exclusively to willful neglect. The bill was narrowly defeated in the Seanad. In 2012, collaborating