"And so, Micheál Martin - the great survivor of Irish politics - lives to fight another day. 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."
Micheál Martin apologised to his parliamentary party for a presidential campaign that went badly wrong and sought to move beyond the episode. He acknowledged the episode as a damaging period within his 14-year leadership and offered contrition in a speech. The party’s mishandling of the presidential campaign will be investigated through a review process. Outstanding questions remain about who chose, vetted, and encouraged Jim Gavin to run despite being unprepared and unsuitable. Answers to those accountability questions will be deferred for later consideration while Martin continues as leader.
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