Senan Molony: Has Micheál Martin stemmed the tide on a leadership heave or are we in a phoney war?

If Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is losing his appeal with voters, party backbenchers won't be happy, but they're quiet so far. Photo: Getty

If Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is losing his appeal with voters, party backbenchers won't be happy, but they're quiet so far. Photo: Getty

As a strange calm falls over Fianna Fáil, is Micheál Martin riding out his leadership wobble, or are we just in the quiet before the storm?

The party has dipped below the 20pc mark, with the weekend’s Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll showing it stuck at 18pc following a separate poll last week in which it fell to just a 15pc rating, its lowest in years.

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