European Commission President deletes post congratulating ‘Taoiseach’ Micheál Martin

President Ursula von der Leyen was forced to delete the tweet as Martin has not yet been appointed as Taoiseach.

The EC President was forced to delete the post as the Fianna Fáil leader has not yet officially been appointed as Taoiseach.

Ms von der Leyen had posted a picture of the pair with a caption that included: ‘Looking forward to working with you again.’

Mr Martin has yet to be formally nominated for the position in the Dáil after it was suspended twice due to a dispute over speaking time.

The argument revolves around whether independent TD's who have agreed to support the incoming Government should be allowed to join opposition technical groups for the purposes of speaking time.

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy has allowed this on an interim basis, explaining that submissions on the dispute would be taken with a decision made before February 5.