Internal report suggests it ought to build on its success in local government, where it remains the largest party

Tenure as Taoiseach is not guaranteed

The Taoiseach has dismissed the latest opinion poll which puts his party at the lowest ever level of support. Micheál Martin has said "no government can run on opinion polls from month to month, and it shouldn't.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has defended pay cuts for government figures and stood over salaries for politicians as the Dáil was engulfed in a row over TD pay.