How Fianna Fáil have been totally eclipsed by events

Under Micheal Martin’s leadership, they have been sidelined. They didn’t nominate a presidential candidate, have no female TDs, and their only MEP, Brian Crowley, left after his re-election. Shaun Connolly asks, has the sun set on the party?

THEY were the soldiers of destiny. Now, according to their own chief whip, Fianna Fáil are the demoralised soldiers of depression.

That’s not the best slogan for a general election — ‘Vote FF: We’re A Mess’ — but Sean Ó Fearghaíl deserves credit for telling it like it is.