Micheál Martin’s leadership has been under pressure before, but the Fianna Fáil leader has rarely been so vulnerable as he is now.
Ever since he became party leader back in 2011, there has always been a group of TDs so alienated from Martin personally and politically that they would take any opportunity to dump him.
He has always been able to outmanoeuvre them, partly because he has proved better at politics than them, but also because the large group of middle-ground TDs couldn’t see a better alternative and were unwilling to engage in a damag
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