Cork Fianna Fáil former TD turns on Mícheál Martin

Noel O'Flynn

ONE OF FIANNA FÁIL’S most outspoken TDs has said leader Mícheál Martin decided against running a party candidate in the Presidential election because planning tribunal reports on corrupt payments to politicians expected to be released during the campaign are likely to be damaging to Fianna Fáil.

Noel O’Flynn, who was a high-profile and vocal TD for Cork North Central until he retired before February’s general election, also accused Mícheál Martin of reneging on a deal to support his son, Kenneth O'Flynn, in the Seanad election campaign.

In another sideswipe at his fellow Cork Fianna Fáiler, he said Martin is only a transitional leader.

The Fianna Fáil leader denied the claims and countered that Noel O’Flynn has had a problem with every Fianna Fáil leader for years.