Daniel McConnell: Could Jim fix woes of Fianna Fáil as its next leader?

While he is keen to reject any suggestions of seeking to move against his party leader, it would be foolish to dismiss his activities as anything other than positioning himself to succeed Martin — when the time comes, of course 

Fianna Fáil's Jim O'Callaghan. The change of leader does not need to mean a general election and indeed given Leo Varadkar’s difficulties at present, it is feasible to suggest we could see a double leadership change and for the Government to remain standing for the full term.

Over the past 10 days, there has been a noticeable escalation in the activity of one Jim O’Callaghan.

Yes, he, the lowly backbench TD, former Ireland rugby international and senior counsel, who eschewed the chance of serving as junior justice minister because he saw it as a “limited role”.