Tánaiste Micheál Martin has expressed his immense satisfaction at the performance of Fianna Fáil in the local election tallies and described the party as being well placed for a General Election next year.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has expressed his immense satisfaction at the performance of Fianna Fáil in the local election tallies and described the party as being well placed for a General Election next year."The idea that Fianna Fáil would be coming in a distant third is completely disproven.
He acknowledged a lack of"comprehensive tallying" of the European figures and said that the only certainty was of a long night being in the offing.Minister for Public Expenditure and Fine Gael TD Paschal Donohoe has said the local election tallies have"shattered" the suggestion Sinn Fein is"in any shape to go into government".
Turning his attention to rival party Sinn Féin, he said"another narrative that has been shattered is that Sinn Fein are in any great shape to go into Government".We need your consent to load this comcast-player contentWe use comcast-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.
Speaking to reporters as she arrived at the RDS count centre, the Dublin Bay South said she is pleased with her party's overall position in tallies. "It's the first time we have run candidates in all three of the local areas in Cork South West so to be in the hunt in all three area is huge for us," she said.
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