Fianna Fáil’s presidential election campaign was a “shambles” and the party needs to “reinvent itself for the future”, including a change of leader “in due course”, according to one of its TDs.

Fianna Fáil Carlow-Kilkenny TD John McGuinness – who has been a long-time critic of party leader, Taoiseach Micheál Martin – also confirmed on Sunday that he voted for Catherine Connolly, the left-wing Independent TD who won the presidential election.

Fianna Fáil had a disastrous presidential election with its candidate, former Dublin football manager Jim Gavin, halting his campaign after controversy arose over his fai

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