‘Rebel’ Deputy Peter Cleere decries any delay to presidential performance review within the party as Billy Kelleher says FF must reconnect with voters

Catherine Connolly, Jim Gavin and Heather Humphreys prior to the start of the first presidential debate on The Tonight Show, at Virgin Media TV Studios. Photo: PA via Getty

Catherine Connolly, Jim Gavin and Heather Humphreys prior to the start of the first presidential debate on The Tonight Show, at Virgin Media TV Studios. Photo: PA via Getty

A Fianna Fáil TD has publicly criticised the party’s presidential election process and insisted there must be consequences, further piling pressure on leader Micheál Martin.

Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere expressed “frustration and disappointment” at a reported delay to the internal review of the presidential pick and performance.