Politics
Red C poll: Crisis for Martin as Fianna Fáil suffers fresh slump in support
Party is feeling squeezed from Fine Gael under fresh leadership of Simon Harris
On January 26, 2011, newly elected Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said that his party was bigger than its leader.
It was a party that had a positive role to play in the country’s future, Martin said. Under his leadership, Fianna Fáil would be “specific and credible” in its duties.
Four weeks later, the party would be wiped out at the general election and cast into obscurity for years before being rebuilt into a government ...
