Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheal Martin has led Fianna Fail for the past 14 years, rebuilding the party after a disastrous economic situation that required a bailout from the IMF.
His government is now running a budget surplus with an economy largely built around big pharma and tech but with Trump’s tariffs, a housing crisis and thousands of Ukrainians moving to Ireland, there are plenty of issues to tackle.
How is the Cork-born leader managing the country’s issues and why did his party Fianna Fail, once Ireland’s political powerhouse, have to form a coalition with its biggest rival Fine Gael?
Joining Enda Brady for this discussion:
Liz Dunphy
Journalist at The Irish Examiner
Emmanuelle Schon-Quinlivan
Senior Politics Lecturer at University College Cork
Dan Boyle
Former Irish MP and Senator
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