"With a contrite speech to his parliamentary party in which he apologised for how the presidential campaign went so badly wrong, Mr Martin tried to put what is undoubtedly the most damaging period of his 14-year leadership behind him. The botched handling of his party's presidential campaign will be pushed into a review. Questions over who was responsible for picking, vetting and pushing Jim Gavin into a campaign he was neither prepared nor suitable for will be answered another time."
"And so, Micheál Martin - the great survivor of Irish politics - lives to fight another day."
Micheál Martin apologised to his parliamentary party for the failures of his party's presidential campaign. He delivered a contrite speech seeking to move past what he called the most damaging period of his 14-year leadership. The campaign was described as botched and will be subject to a formal review. Questions remain about who selected, vetted and pressed Jim Gavin into a campaign for which he was neither prepared nor suitable. The leadership survived the immediate crisis and Martin retains his position, but accountability questions and internal scrutiny are pending and expected to be addressed later.
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