Taoiseach says he will sack Junior Minister if she abstains in no-confidence vote on Murphy

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will sack Junior Health Minister Catherine Byrne if she abstains in a vote of no-confidence in Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy.

Speaking as he attended the UN in New York, Mr Varadkar said: "It's, of course, the case that if a Minister can't express confidence in their own colleagues then they can't continue as a Minister."