Martin rebukes ‘bad politics’ of Fine Gael and Greens

Taoiseach says Coalition partners are ‘attacking’ Fianna Fáil ministers

Taoiseach Micheál Martin opening the EU50: Ireland and the Single Market conference in Dublin last week. Responding to members of his party in recent days, Mr Martin said 'there is enough of the opposition attacking us without our own doing it'. Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has accused his Coalition partners Fine Gael and the Greens of engaging in “bad politics” by targeting Fianna Fáil ministers for attack, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Amid rising tensions within the Coalition ahead of the historic rotation of the position of taoiseach, Mr Martin and his party colleagues have complained about a systemic series of attacks from members of Fine Gael and the Green Party over the performance of Fianna Fáil ministers in the health, education, and housing portfolios.