Letters to the Editor: Martin’s 10 years as FF leader no big achievement

Taoiseach Micheál Martin in his office at Government Buildings. Picture: Moya Nolan

Congratulating Micheál Martin ( Irish Examiner editorial, January 26) for surviving 10 years as Fianna Fáil leader is akin to damning him with faint praise. For a man whose ambition was to become Taoiseach, should he be celebrated for achieving it?

Participating with the likes of Charlie McCreevy and Bertie Ahern in the government that presided over the Celtic Tiger and subsequent crash, Martin should have exited with the rest of them, when the country was bankrupt.