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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Young

Martin vows to prove wrong the naysayers in new Irish government

Leader Micheal Martin at the Radisson Hotel in Dublin for the Fianna Fail ard fheis conference (PA) - (PA Wire)

Micheal Martin has vowed to prove the naysayers wrong and show that Ireland’s next ruling coalition can deliver on its “ambitious” programme for government.

The Fianna Fail leader, who is poised to become taoiseach for the second time on Wednesday, bemoaned what he described as “negativity” around the new government before it has even been formally appointed.

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