Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Micheál Martin" in English language version.
Fianna Fáil's worst-ever electoral performance has raised serious questions about the future leadership of Mr Martin, a number of its TDs have said..."I do believe we need to ask the real, tough questions and that includes the leadership," said one TD. "It is an appropriate question to ask now in the light of the worst election in the party's history."
The Republic of Ireland's main opposition leader has changed his mind on the country's abortion law due to the "real damage" it causes to women. "Abortion is a permanent and present reality" in Ireland, Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin told RTÉ' radio.
Although Mr Martin was seen as socially conservative early in his career, his backing for same-sex marriage and abortion put him on the winning side in two landmark referendums to modernise social laws. His support for abortion put him at odds with his own party: more than half its members in the Dáil assembly opposed the 2018 referendum.
Fianna Fáil's worst-ever electoral performance has raised serious questions about the future leadership of Mr Martin, a number of its TDs have said..."I do believe we need to ask the real, tough questions and that includes the leadership," said one TD. "It is an appropriate question to ask now in the light of the worst election in the party's history."
Unlike Fine Gael, which functions as a standard European Christian Democratic or Liberal-Conservative party, Fianna Fáil has never been comfortable with the label of right-wing, or with having a discernible ideology at all ... For a decade now, a socially conservative, supposedly republican party has been led by a centrist social liberal with a more cautious position on Irish unification than even Leo Varadkar.
Ireland's opposition leader catalyzed the country's abortion debate Thursday by saying he would defy the majority of his party to repeal a ban on terminating pregnancies.
There is an irascible streak to him when his centrist views are challenged leading to frequently heated exchanges with Sinn Féin and People Before Profit...He has at all times espoused centrist politics as evidenced from the tributes paid to him from the European Council Chairperson Charles Michel.
Ireland's opposition leader catalyzed the country's abortion debate Thursday by saying he would defy the majority of his party to repeal a ban on terminating pregnancies.
The Republic of Ireland's main opposition leader has changed his mind on the country's abortion law due to the "real damage" it causes to women. "Abortion is a permanent and present reality" in Ireland, Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin told RTÉ' radio.
