Mixed messages, vows of silence and cunning ploys

“Wasn’t this just attention-seeking from a marginal member of a marginal party?”

That was one of the questions lobbed by journalists at Éamon Ó Cuív following his announcement yesterday that he was staying put in Fianna Fáil.

In a sense, it encapsulated the party’s situation perfectly — it collapsed in the general election and is still on the floor, despite Micheál Martin’s attempts at rebuilding.