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

The Fianna Fáil leader has vowed to fight until the end, but has he got the mettle to to stand up to his detractors and get them in line before the election, asks Juno McEnroe

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.