Sean Defoe

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707 appearances 8 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 23 Jun

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The Pat Kenny Show · Count day! Dublin Central and Galway West By-Election with Sean Defoe · 23 May 2026 podcast

And I think the fact that they're already minimising their prospects of even winning or doing well in these elections tells its own story.

They're simply not at the races in these contests.

Is Neil Martin in any immediate danger if these are particularly bad today?

Or do you think the EU presidency sort of has him as a get out of jail free card for six months?

Yes, well, that seems to be the case, yeah.

That's the orthodox wisdom.

When I talked to my colleagues down in the Dáil, when I managed to go in there from time to time, yeah, they accepted orthodox wisdom that there won't be a move against them while we're waiting for this presidency of the EU to take place.

So, you know, that's the expectation.

And then I suppose at some point,

And during that presidency, Mr. Martin may perhaps plan his own exit from the stage.

I don't know.

These things are impossible to predict.

Of course, there are many people within the parliamentary party who are opposed to him and very paranoid at the same time.

And they think that maybe he's buying time to get to the end of the presidency.

And then when you get to the end of the presidency, he'll buy time by saying, we're not before Christmas.

And then before you know it, you're into the new year.

And he says, I might just stay on, you know.

So, you know, that's the nature of politics.

You can't exactly predict in these matters, but there seems to be a very significant cohort or number of TDs within the parliamentary party that are very much definately of the view that he should move on and go.

And so you would have noticed it also if you were at the Ordesh that there was a rather tepid ovation given to him after his speech.

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