#Elections2019: A tale of two elections for Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin might be tempted to take some Charles Dickens down from the bookshelf today and start adding in his own, personalised chapter.

It’s not quite a tale of two cities for the soldiers of destiny, more a tale of two elections, with the party retaining pole position in this weekend’s local elections but slumping badly in a key MEP midlands contest it needed to boost its image.