Taoiseach - I will lead Fianna Fail into the next election - video Dailymotion

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Ireland’s premier Micheal Martin has insisted he will lead Fianna Fail into the next election.He was also defiant that he “hadn’t seen anything off” in terms of a leadership challenge following a week that saw criticism from Fianna Fail backbenchers.On Wednesday, three of the party’s youngest TDs issued a letter criticising the handling of recent fuel price protests, in which they said they viewed “events of the past few weeks with a real and deep concern”.

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00:00Are you going to the party going to change and will you set out a timeline for your departure as

00:04some people have demanded?

00:30Anybody who knows me, any members of the parliamentary party know that I've knocked on doors with them on streets

00:35and I have to be very strongly assertive on this point.

00:39You know, I've been elected in many elections. I'm very connected to people. I'm on the ground almost permanently on

00:46a seven day a week basis.

00:48I mean, I have a mandate. I was elected only a year and a half ago. That's all, you know,

00:54and I went before the people.

00:56And I think many people who are now elected were happy that I was leading the charge in that election.

01:02And so that's my position and I have a mandate to fulfill and I'll fulfill it.

Taoiseach - I will lead Fianna Fail into the next election

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