Lenihan insists no plot to oust Cowen

FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan has moved to kill off the suggestion he is plotting to overthrow Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

He said the position of who led the Fianna Fáil party, and by extension the Government, was not an issue at the moment.

Mr Lenihan said he spent the weekend selling the country’s recovery prospects to the international media and not feeling for support among his back bench colleagues.