LATEST: Simon Coveney tells TDs and Senators to 'back off' Taoiseach

Latest: Simon Coveney has told Fine Gael TDs and Senators to 'back off' the Taoiseach, over the party leadership.

• Taoiseach to make no comment on departure timeline until after parliamentary party meeting on Wednesday.
• Mr Kenny likely to face a no-confidence motion if he fails to deliver a departure deadline at that meeting.
• Simon Harris, Richard Bruton and Frances Fitzgerald refuse to rule themselves out as possible contenders
• Simon Coveney and Leo Varadkar agree that a new leader should be appointed after the Taoiseach returns from his St Patrick's Day trip to the US.
• Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen says that it is important that Fine Gael resolve their leadership issues as soon as possible
• Charlie Flanagan says his WhatsApp comments about the Health Minister were just "Sunday afternoon banter".