July 12, 2021 DUBLIN: Taoiseach Micheal Martin should lead Fianna Fail into the next general election despite the party’s disastrous result in the Dublin Bay South by-election, a government minister has said. But Education Minister Norma Foley conceded there is a “job of work to be done”, after the party received just 5 percent of the share of first preference votes. Labour Party candidate Ivana Bacik was elected on the ninth count at the by-election on Friday, while Fine Gael received 26 per cent of first preference votes, and Sinn Fein 15 per cent. The result has prompted speculation over Martin’s future, with TD Jim O’Callaghan casting doubt on his leadership and former agriculture minister Barry Cowen requesting a special meeting of the parliamentary party.