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Fionnan Sheahan
Opinion
Micheál can’t beat ’em, so he joins ’em in his social-media era spinning blitz
It’s taken him a decade as Fianna Fáil leader but Micheál Martin has finally copped on to the rules of social-media-era politics. It’s 24/7, 365, multi-platform, never ending, always demanding and if you’re not being heard, you’re irrelevant and someone else is filling the void. The Taoiseach won’t be coming out with inane commentary from his living room on Instagram live or performing a coordinated dance routine in his back garden on Tik Tok.