Micheal Martin has told those behind Fine Gael-attributed briefings describing him as a grumpy old man to “cop on”.
The Fianna Fáil leader suggested the “silly and ageist” lines were being fed to the media by Fine Gael “mandarins” in an attempt to create a point of difference with their party, which is led by the younger Simon Harris, who has claimed to bring a “new energy” to Government.
In an interview with the Sunday Independent, Mr Martin also asserted that he was a “person of substance” and “not a person of soundbites”.
Speaking to reporters in Co Kildare later on Sunday, he denied those remarks were a thinly veiled dig at Mr Harris.
“No, it’s just clearly stating where I am as a politician and have been all my life,” he said.
“And I think there’s a tendency now anything I say is taken by media as a comment on somebody else, whereas actually it’s a comment on my position, my disposition, my approach to politics,…
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