Gilmore in vote pact snub to Kenny

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore publicly snubbed the Taoiseach by refusing to match his offer of a blanket election transfer deal.

The move was even more pointed as Enda Kenny was standing beside the Tánaiste and had just urged Fine Gael supporters to back Labour candidates in next week’s national polls.

Mr Kenny went out of his way to urge Fine Gael backers to transfer to Labour candidates in Euro, local, and Dáil by-election votes.