Taoiseach makes dogged defence of his leadership in wake of publication of internal report on Fianna Fáil’s Áras campaign

Report lays out process that ultimately proved disastrous for the party’s presidential election hopes

Some TDs express annoyance at receiving report on FF’s presidential election campaign only an hour before parliamentary party meeting

Document does not appear to contain any previously unknown ‘smoking gun’ about party’s disastrous campaign

Report bluntly states ‘nothing further was done’ after word of former candidate’s tenancy issue began to come to light

Meeting could turn into a showdown between Taoiseach Micheál Martin and critics of his leadership

Minister tells Inside Politics that population growth is too high, putting services under pressure

Minister ‘not setting any numbers’, but says population growth is too high, putting services under pressure

Taoiseach says he has not yet received findings but took exception to recent ‘false assertions’

Party figures want line drawn under Jim Gavin’s damaging departure from race for the Áras

Government sides with Labour in row over Leaders’ Questions pecking order

O’Brien asked about reports some senior FF members were aware of problem before voting on candidate nominations

Meanwhile, Jim O’Callaghan continues to lean into the immigration debate

Previous party meeting told report being reviewed by lawyers for FF and those representing Jim Gavin

MEPs’ request to European Parliament was flimsy disguise for its true purpose, however

Television: Behold the idiot’s guide to running an idiotic campaign, brought to you by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil

Review into handling of campaign expected before Christmas

The dust has settled after Micheál Martin’s disastrous choice of Jim Gavin as Fianna Fáil’s candidate, but there may be a a mood for change

The Taoiseach grins in the driver’s seat while Sensible Simon steers the economy

Lawyers for Jim Gavin and for the party studying the report, TDs and senators are told