FF presidential candidate to be chosen ‘in weeks’

FIANNA FÁIL leader Micheál Martin has said his party will decide on its candidacy for the Presidential race within “the coming weeks”.

As he attended the party’s annual Easter Rising Commemoration at Arbour Hill Cemetery in Dublin yesterday, Mr Martin was asked about the possibility of his former leader and taoiseach Bertie Ahern putting his name forward.

“Bertie Ahern hasn’t put himself forward at all and he hasn’t indicated to me that he is interested,” he said. “That is something we will deal with in coming weeks. I’m not here to talk about personalities or individuals. That’s something we will consider in due course.”