Ahern rejects call for free vote on Harney

Fianna Fáil deputies would support a motion of no confidence in Minister for Health Mary Harney if given a free vote by party chiefs, Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore said tonight.

Speaking in the Dáil just hours before the motion brought forward by Labour is debated, Mr Gilmore said the public no longer had faith in Ms Harney after her handling of the breast cancer crisis.