Will Jim Gavin controversy do lasting damage to Micheál Martin’s leadership of Fianna Fail?
It was Micheál Martin’s worst week in the job as leader of Fianna Fáil and it began on late on Sunday evening when the party’s campaign for the presidency imploded. Its candidate Jim Gavin resigned following media reports that, 16 years ago, a tenant had accidentally overpaid him by €3,300 and despite repeated requests, the former military man and presidential hopeful had refused to return it.
The failure to repay a debt – and a landlord’s debt at that – had caused a sensation when news of it was reported on Friday.
Gavin was Martin’s man – his “celebrity” non-party pick announced after a…
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