Parties pull together for yes campaign

THE Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, said he and Fine Gael will put their differences behind them until after the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and work together for a yes vote.

The Taoiseach denied a snub of FG leader Enda Kenny who was not included in a joint canvass yesterday evening by Mr Cowen and Labour leader, Eamon Gilmore.

The announcement that the two would campaign together came just two hours after Mr Kenny issued a statement calling for the three main parties to “issue a joint message to voters to vote yes in the upcoming referendum”.