Fianna Fáil ‘in need of dramatic overhaul’

FIANNA FÁIL’S poor performances in recent local elections are “clearly unsustainable” and the party needs dramatic overhaul of its structures to rescue the situation, an internal report has found.

Fianna Fáil performed disastrously in last year’s local elections, losing more than 80 seats, but the authors of the report point out that the pattern of slippage has been evident for more than a decade.

They say planning for the 2014 local elections should start from September 1 next if the party is to change its fortunes.