Inside Fianna Fáil’s general election campaign success

Political Editor Daniel McConnell speaks to party insiders about Fianna Fail’s election strategy, its execution, and success

IT’S just three days after Christmas, on a dark and dank day on the Limerick-Clare border. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has left his family in Cork to hold a secret meeting with his key team to finalise the party’s strategy for the pending general election.

The beauty of the 20 acres of landscaped parkland which surrounds the Raddison Blu Hotel on the Ennis Road in Limerick was lost on those gathering as they arrived at 9am, given the inclement weather.