Kenny and Burton insist Coalition is very strong

Enda Kenny moved to try and paper over Coalition cracks caused by the Irish Water controversy despite Tánaiste Joan Burton refusing to rule out the row sinking the Government.

In a show of public solidarity as they launched a jobs initiative, they insisted they had a “very strong” relationship in the wake of Coalition in-fighting after Ms Burton told the Dáil she expected a family of four adults would pay less than €200 a year for water.

Following a meeting of the Economic Management Council which they att-ended with the finance and public expenditure ministers, the Taoiseach and Tánaiste insisted the Government had not been blown off course by the continuing problems with water pricing.