'I want to acknowledge that and to say how deeply sorry I am, about how things turned out'. Photograph: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix
Micheál Martin has apologised to the Fianna Fáil base for the “clear failure” of the party’s now abandoned presidential campaign.
The Taoiseach, who confirmed this week that he will vote for Heather Humphreys, said he would not be campaigning for the Fine Gael candidate or telling his party to back her. It’s up to individual people to make their own decisions and vote in whatever way they want," he said.
He claimed that Independent left-wing candidate Catherine Connolly was “anti-EU” and that it was important that the President isn’t engaged in “constant negative commentary” about the EU, the United States or European Countries.
Over 1,000 Fianna Fáil members ga
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