Enemies once more, FF and FG point fingers

FINE Gael and Fianna Fáil have accused each other of not doing enough to secure a yes vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum, as the blame game got under way.

Fine Gael said the financial controversies of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and the subsequent change of party leadership distracted the Government from campaigning.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny said he did not want to get involved in recrimination and he would not be calling for a general election. But he said: “I did make the point on a number of occasions that the vacuum that was opening up could certainly lead to misinformation being out there and that is what happened.”