LATEST: Media making too big a deal of Fine Gael leadership, says Charlie Flanagan

LATEST: The communications minister Denis Naughten says the Fine Gael leadership battle will cloud government if it is not resolved quickly.

Update 2.35pm:The Foreign Affairs Minister has hit out at the media coverage of Fine Gael's leadership.

Charlie Flanagan (pictured) denied it was getting in the way of Government work and said the media was making it a bigger deal than it is.