Politics
Fianna Fáil aims to grow back its grassroots by claiming the middle ground
As Fianna Fáil heads into the second half of the government term, now without its Taoiseach, the party will be focusing on highlighting its achievements to the public and positioning itself as a middle ground alternative to Fine Gael and Sinn Féin
Never in the history of the Irish state has a government party vacated the Taoiseach’s office in favour of their coalition partner. Yet that is exactly what Fianna Fáil will do this week, as Micheál Martin hands over the top job to Leo Varadkar and Fine Gael.
It puts the party in a unique position and presents novel challenges for the second half of Fianna Fáil’s term in government.
Crucially, at the end of this ...
