Micheál Martin was publicly criticised over the weekend for his stewardship of the party’s failed presidential campaign. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
A junior Fianna Fáil minister has defended the Taoiseach and claimed that an internal dispute in the party is turning the public off.
Minister of State Thomas Byrne conceded that his party has to have “difficult conversations” in the wake of its disastrous presidential election campaign, but said that Fianna Fáil cannot afford division.
The party’s presidential candidate, former Du
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