Exclusive Interview: Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has been a TD for Cork South-Central since 1989 and has been leader of Fianna Fáil since 2011. The below interview touches on a wide range of matters including climate change, the housing crisis, Brexit, Budget 2022, corporation tax and his lengthy political career. The Role of Taoiseach “As Taoiseach, you have to pull it all together; you've got to maintain cohesion” Following nearly a decade as leader of the opposition, in June 2020 Martin assumed his current role as Taoiseach and head of the Irish Government. An historic coalition with Fine Gael and The Green Party has brought with it the challenge of accommodating a wide number of viewpoints amid the backdrop of an unprecedented COVID-induced lockdown and the exigent demands of a housing crisis, among other things. As someone who has held several ministerial portfolios, Martin is acutely aware of the inner workings of Government. In comparing his ministerial positions to that of Head of Governme...