Martin front-runner in Fianna Fáil leadership vote

The new leader of Fianna Fáil will be voted in today in a secret ballot. Seventy-two TDs will vote after the re-admission of Jimmy Devins last night.

Former Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin remained the front-runner ahead of Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, Social Protection and Defence Minister Eamon O Cuiv and Tourism Minister Mary Hanafin.