Micheál Martin needs to practise what he has preached in the past

SHORTLY after securing the leadership of Fianna Fáil, a sanguine Micheál Martin told a gathering of party followers he would not take risks but, also, he would fight until the end in politics.
The candid language chosen by the newly-crowned leader at the time paved the way for his rebuilding of the party and just ahead of what became very bruising election results.