Micheál Martin has denied claims from local Councillors about his leadership of Fianna Fáil.
Councillor Shane P O’Reilly last night announced he had resigned from the party over “irreconcilable differences” with the leadership.
He also criticised the party’s direction.
The party’s whip in Cavan, Councillor John Paul Feeley said yesterday grassroots members were being “pressurised and bullied” into supporting the government deal agreed between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Greens.
Micheál Martin described the comments as “outrageous”.
Councillor Feeley is among a number of Fianna Fáil Councillors across the country who have said they are voting against the deal, with the party’s Councillors in Leitrim and Roscommon Councillor Orla Leyden also among those voting no.
But speaking on The Joe Finnegan Show today, Micheál Martin denied the claims:
