McConalogue 'expects and wants' Micheál Martin to stay on as Fianna Fáil leader

Agriculture Minister says Mr Martin 'has done a tremendous job as Taoiseach and as leader of Fianna Fáil'

Charlie McConalogue (left) speaking to the media as Micheál Martin looks on. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

The Charlie McConalogue of today is somewhat different to the young barnstorming firebrand student politician I first encountered in UCD back in the late 1990s.

Then, he possessed a steeliness but an overt combativeness and, dare I say, aggression, which marked him out as an operator.