Politics

Micheál Martin makes clear next EU Commissioner will be a Fianna Fáil nominee

Tánaiste pours cold water on any prospect of current commissioner Mairead McGuinness getting reappointed

Tánaiste Micheál Martin rules out re-appointment of Mairead McGuinness as Ireland’s EU Commissioner

Micheál Martin is used to batting away questions about his leadership.

But he was somewhat stunned by a question recently about what advice he would give to other leaders about surviving heaves, considering the predictions of his own demise have still not come to pass.

"That's a new angle, a clever one… I couldn't give advice to anybody… Hold on, let me take a sup of water, I have to think this one out now,” ...