Lenihan under fire over leadership 'U-turn'

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has not got the bottle for a leadership coup, a disgruntled backbencher claimed today.

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has not got the bottle for a leadership coup, a disgruntled backbencher claimed today.

Rebel TDs accused the senior Cabinet minister of turning on them after privately voicing concerns about Taoiseach Brian Cowen only to support him on the leadership question.

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