Kenny insists he will remain leader

ENDA KENNY has insisted he will stay on as Fine Gael leader even though the latest poll has shown the party is level with Fianna Fáil and nine points behind Labour.

Former Fine Gael education minister Gemma Hussey urged Mr Kenny yesterday to step down in the best interests of the party.

In a message posted on her Twitter social networking account, she wrote: “Will no one tell Enda (a good and decent man) to go quietly and gracefully? A new energetic team needed (keep Mi Noonan).”