Micahel Clifford: Chastened Micheál Martin has got plenty to mull over

As the dust begins to settle on Election 2020, the headaches mount for Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin. Should he look for inspiration to the Biblical figure of Moses, delivering his party to the promised land but not making it home himself? Or should he quote Groucho Marx on how, if his principles are not to people’s liking, he can always change them.

Among the three leaders who may now determine a future government, Martin has the greatest dilemma. On Sunday, as the old order came tumbling down, he appeared to shift his red line of even talking to Sinn Féin about government formation.