Lenihan advised Cowen on confidence motion
A spokeswoman for Mr Lenihan last night said that while the minister would contest the leadership were a vacancy to arise, he would do nothing to “trigger” such a vacancy.
As a result, rather than expressing no confidence in Mr Cowen’s leadership, as Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin did last night, Mr Lenihan instead advised the Taoiseach yesterday on how to survive the challenge.
