How does Micheál Martin quieten dissenting voices in Fianna Fáil?

Ellen Coyne and Naomi O’Leary join Pat Leahy to look back on the week in politics:

·      In the wake of Catherine Connolly’s emphatic presidential election win, could there now be a legitimate prospect of a left-wing government arising from the next general election?  

 

·      With anger still simmering in Fianna Fáil’s ranks after a disastrous presidential campaign, is party leader Micheál Martin looking at a leadership challenge down the line? Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1 this week, the Taoiseach criticised “unacceptable” and “hurtful” comments about him from Fianna Fáil rebels like fellow Cork TD James O’Connor.

 

 

·      The coalition partners are becoming more openly critical of immigration. Perhaps they are now following the example of other European countries?

 

·      And Naomi O’Leary discusses the Dutch political scene with reports suggesting the centrist D66 party caused a big upset in Dutch elections this week.

Plus, the panel picks their favourite Irish Times pieces of the week:

·      Mary ‘Mae’ McGee who successfully fought the ban on contraception in Ireland, and Newton Emerson on how Fine Gael’s anti-British rhetoric came back to bite Heather Humphreys.

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