Micheál Martin insisted that he would lead Fianna Fáil to the next general election.
Tánaiste responded to the suggestion that he could try to become the country’s next EU commissioner if the position became vacant in mid-2024, reports Breaking News.
The current Commissioner is Fine Gael politician Mairead McGuinness.
The republic’s next parliamentary elections must be held by March 2025.
Speculation about Mr Martin’s future has also revealed that he is linked to a possible turnaround in the Irish Presidency, reports Breaking News.
Mr Martin reiterated his promise to lead Fianna Fáil to the general election in the face of media questions during a visit to Belfast on Wednesday.
“I’ve been asked about different positions and so on – I’m leading the party into the next general election,” he said, reports Breaking News.
“I’ll be running and leading Fianna Fáil into the next general election and that is my objective. We analyse these things – in terms of our parliamentary party, the TDs are strong in their constituencies. We have the local elections next year, we’re preparing for those, we’ve had I think 40 per cent of conventions held already, and we have a strong pipeline of new younger candidates, more women coming forward, in addition to the very strong county councillors and city councillors that we have, and that will give us a good base for the general election when it happens,” he said, reports Breaking News.
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