Owen tells Kenny plotters to stop

FORMER Fine Gael justice minister Nora Owen has called for anyone plotting to overthrow Enda Kenny to back down for the sake of the party.

She said the process of removing and replacing a leader was a prolonged one and not the type of endeavour Fine Gael needed as it prepared for an election.

“That is not some distraction we need now,” she said. Ms Owen said it was difficult to sell an opposition leader at this time, but it would get clearer the closer it got to an election.