Micheál Martin admits Billy Kelleher could have been ‘stronger candidate’ for Áras race and rejects claims he is a ‘top-down’ leader

Micheál Martin admits Billy Kelleher could have been ‘stronger candidate’ for Áras race and rejects claims he is a ‘top-down’ leader

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he did not put “extensive pressure” on Fianna Fáil parliamentary party members to choose Jim Gavin as the party’s candidate and rejected that he has a “top-down” approach to leadership.

Micheal Martin rejects claims he put pressure on for Jim Gavin nomination

Micheál Martin has refuted claims his party members are unhappy with him following Fianna Fáil’s disastrous Presidential Election as he insisted he ‘didn’t put extensive pressure on anyone.’ Mr Martin has come under intense pressure in recent weeks following Jim Gavin’s withdrawal from the Presidential race. The former Dublin GAA manager was the Fianna Fáil candidate, chosen over the likes of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and MEPS Cynthia Ní Mhu…