After a spell in the shadow of their coalition partners, Fianna Fáil will be back in the limelight this weekend with an Ard Fheis they hope can hope will bring some momentum behind the party as it heads into June's elections, writes RTÉ Political Reporter Mary Regan.
After a spell in the shadow of their coalition partners, Fianna Fáil will be back in the limelight this weekend with an Ard Fheis they hope can hope will bring some momentum behind the party as it heads into June's elections.
Minister of State, Thomas Byrne, said yesterday that the leadership changeover will change little else. As an example, some in Fianna Fáil complained that the promise by Mr Harris at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis that 250,000 houses would be built over five years, was an attempt to"steal a march" on what is likely to be a change in Government policy to ramp up housing targets.
Claiming the mantle for such supports will be important for his party in the run-up to the elections. Rumbling about party leader and Tánaiste, Micheál Martin, from early in the Coalition’s term have been well and truly put to bed for now. But the EU Commissionership will be filled in July.
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