FG refuses to work with Lisbon commission

BRIAN COWEN’S bid to regain the political initiative on Lisbon was thrown into disarray last night as Fine Gael refused to co-operate with a new all-party commission.

Opposition leader Enda Kenny ruled out taking part in a special parliamentary probe intended to move the country out of the uncertainty left by the June referendum result.

Mr Kenny told Foreign Minister Micheál Martin the existing Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs was the best forum to examine how the country should move forward on the issue.