Fianna Fáil Limerick mayoral candidate who criticised Micheál Martin says her views have ‘evolved’

Dee Ryan, who questioned the Tánaiste’s leadership on social media in 2016 and 2017, says her view of him now ‘could not be more positive’Fianna Fáil’s candidate to become the first directly elected mayor of Limerick has insisted her view of Micheál Martin “could not be more positive” after the emergence of old social media posts where she criticised him and the party.

The Ditch website reported on Tuesday that Ms Ryan had previously criticised Fianna Fáil and Mr Martin on Twitter, now called X, in posts that were published several years ago. In a 2017 post she wrote that Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen was “criticising Govt work cleaning up #fiannafail mess” saying it is “easier to criticise than find solutions” and “opp suits FF”.In a statement on Wednesday Ms Ryan said: “My opinion of Fianna Fáil and Tánaiste Micheál Martin, particularly through his leadership, today could not be more positive.

Ms Ryan also said: “As Taoiseach and now Tánaiste, Micheál Martin has presided over a Government that not alone maintained economic stability but returned the country to remarkable growth, albeit with much still to do and, moreover, with an appetite to do it.” Separately Social Democrats councillor Elisa O’Donovan announced on Wednesday that she will be her party’s candidate in the mayoral election.

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