Leader of Fianna Fáil Leader of Fianna Fáil The Leader of Fianna Fáil is the most senior politician within the Fianna Fáil political party in Ireland. Since 26 January 2011, the office has been held by Micheál Martin, following the resignation of Taoiseach Brian Cowen as leader of the party. The post of Leader of Fianna Fáil was officially created in 1926 when Éamon de Valera founded the party. De Valera had previously been leader of Sinn Féin and took the Anti-Treaty side during the Civil War. The new party essentially became a home for dissatisfied Sinn Féin TDs who had become disillusioned with
Alex Fein Fein, together with Bracha Rafael established an interfaith publication called, The Colony. It formed a launchpad for Fein's activism against Islamophobia. Fein founded Macroscope, a communications and product development company specialising in biomedical research counter-disinformation. Following The University of Wollongong's conferring a PhD on Judy Wilyman for a thesis propagating anti-vaccination misinformation, Fein's company embarked on a campaign to have the degree revoked. Fein has strongly condemned what she perceives as a corrupted organisational and philanthropic culture in Jewish Australia. Her own philanthropic activity has been unconventional, and her opposition to establishment practices has been criticised as simplistic and naive.