TDs are informally ‘sounding out’ ministers – including Dara Calleary, Darragh O’Brien and Jim O’Callaghan – to see if they would back a no-confidence motion

Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s leadership is being questioned. Photo: Reuters
Mary Regan, Maeve McTaggart and Cillian Sherlock
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Micheál Martin’s leadership of Fianna Fáil is facing renewed threats, with a group of TDs approaching senior ministers to discuss a change at the top.
Backbenchers have said it is past time for “waiting around” for a challenger to make their move, and that they will seek to build support for a change.