FG: ‘We will take hit in polls over Leegate’

PUBLIC anger at Fine Gael’s handling of George Lee will see the party suffer heavily in forthcoming opinion polls, party frontbenchers have predicted.

The polls are already shaping up as the next crucial test of Enda Kenny’s leadership after he survived the immediate crisis caused by Mr Lee’s resignation.

The party’s frontbench put on a united front by giving their unanimous support to Mr Kenny at a meeting in Leinster House yesterday.