Leader Profiles: Micheál Martin
TD Top Trumps continues ahead of the 2016 General Election with WWN’s handy guide to Cork’s own Micheál Martin, the finest Fianna Fail leader of all time™.
Age: 55, but could easily pass for 53.
Jobs: Leader of the opposition, fly in the ointment, monkey in the works.
Pacts made with ancient deities: 2
Strengths: Ability to disagree with all sides of an argument at the same time.
Weaknesses: Inability to play well with others leading to lack of potential coalition partners.
Known for: Introducing smoking ban, leading Fianna Fáil to their worst ever election results.
Nicknames: Nu Cowan, Micky M.
Least likely to say: “The current government have done nothing to solve the majority of problems faced by Irish citizens”.
Most likely to say: “Yeah, the majority of problems faced by Irish citizens… that was us that did that. Our bad”.
Special move: The Screaming de Valera
WWN leader rating out of 10: 3