Rabbitte and Kenny untested, says McManus

LABOUR Party leader Pat Rabbitte remains “untested”, his second-in-command said last night, as does Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny.

But Liz McManus, Labour’s deputy leader, said this was merely “a statement of fact”, and not necessarily a bad thing. She believed Pat Rabbitte could make an excellent Taoiseach.

Furthermore, she added, the country was clearly in need of new government in the shape of a Labour-Fine Gael coalition.