Daniel McConnell : Martin’s desperation could win out

“He’s like the teenage boy waiting to get the shift as the last dance of a teenage disco comes on,” was how one of his own TDs put it to me somewhat cruelly earlier this week.

Michéal Martin and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar after a debate in the recent general election. Many in Fianna Fáil blame Michéal Martin for the impact confidence and supply had on not just the party’s standing, but more fundamentally, its identity.

This is Micheál Martin's last chance to be Taoiseach. He may yet suffer the indignity of being the first leader in the history of Fianna Fáil never to assume the office. Picture: Maxwellphotography.ie

Micheál Martin is desperate, we hear.