Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has said he will not campaign for the referendum to repeal the eighth amendment, but Éamon Ó Cuív, the party’s former deputy leader, is planning to make his anti-repeal views known.

Martin has clarified his intentions about the campaign after some Fianna Fail TDs criticised his unexpected declaration of support for repeal last Thursday.

“If I’m asked my opinion during the campaign, I’ll give it, but I don’t see myself campaigning,” Martin told The Sunday Times. “I think it will be a different type of campaign. Given the personal nature of the issue, I’m not sure people will want to take direction from politicians. The referendum commission is going to be an important source of information.”

But Ó Cuív, a