Most in party see by-elections as ‘lost causes’ Fine Gael has a fighting chance in Galway West, while Sinn Féin leads the polls in Dublin Central

Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin arrives to make his keynote address during the party's ard fheis at Dublin Royal Convention Centre. Photo: PA

Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin arrives to make his keynote address during the party’s ard fheis at Dublin Royal Convention Centre. Photo: PA

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has warned his rivals against trying to create fresh leadership controversy after Friday’s by-elections.

The voting in Galway West and Dublin Central will have implications for all three of the main party leaders, with most in Fianna Fáil seeing them as “lost causes”.