The men behind the parties

Tony Killeen: Fianna Fáil

Tony Killeen is the general appointed by Micheál Martin to direct their toughest ever election campaign from Grattan House in Dublin. At Killeen’s side is Charlie Haughey’s former press secretary and Scrap Saturday regular, Mr ‘Showtime’ himself, PJ Mara — the party’s best ever director of elections, winning elections for the party in 1997, 2002 and 2007.

Killeen, for his part, was Minister for Defence until he resigned last month on the same fateful day as Noel Dempsey, Dermot Ahern and Mary Harney.