Tánaiste denies Fianna Fáil is in trouble in rural Ireland after Irish Examiner poll results

Micheál Martin with party members at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party think-in at Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel in Killiney, Dublin. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins

The Tánaiste has denied Fianna Fáil has a rural problem after an exclusive Irish Examiner poll showed the party polling at 22%.

Micheál Martin said Fianna Fáil had been very focused on rural Ireland and agriculture in terms of policy and intended to continue that in the future.