Is the Taoiseach fit for purpose?
Cartoon by Tom Halliday
Gene Kerrigan
There was a time, about 20 years ago, when Micheál Martin seemed to some of us like that rarest of things in Irish politics — a mainstream idealist with a few useful ideas. He gave the impression he was in politics for a reason beyond merely holding on to the seat.
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