Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin and his team have been attacked by several of their own party’s Seanad candidates over a controversial diktat as to who to vote for.

Fianna Fáil is investigating an alleged on-street spat involving the canvass teams of two of its candidates.

A female Fianna Fáil candidate says liberalising Ireland’s abortion laws is an issue for voters, and the party needs to support the case for terminations in cases of rape and fatal foetal abnormalities.

Fianna Fáil says it has completed its election ticket Dublin Fingal.