#micheal-martin

#micheal-martin

The Taoiseach has backed Gráinne Seoige over her insistence to the Sunday Independent that she was not a "parachute" candidate imposed by him or Fianna Fáil headquarters.

The Finance Minister has to be an honest broker, who doesn't operate in a partisan way. That's not possible when it's a party leader The leader's loyalists are blaming the dissidents for stirring the pot on Micheál Martin. "A small number of people are out to destroy Fianna Fáil," a senior party figure reportedly told a behind-closed-doors local meeting.

As Israeli representatives sat beside the Irish delegation in the vast hall of the UN General Assembly yesterday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin told leaders that Ireland would prevent members of the Israeli government from entering Ireland.

I welcomed the opportunity to join other European leaders today to discuss developments on ending the war in Ukraine. We had a very useful engagement with President Zelensky as he prepares to meet with President Trump tomorrow in Washington.

We remain hopeful that the US and the European Union can agree an outline agreement or framework principle agreement this week.

Micheál Martin emphasizes the importance of understanding historical context when reflecting on the atomic bomb's consequences and cautions against conflating past tragedies with current events.