No tensions or bullying within the coalition, insists Simon Coveney

“I don't think there was an intention to upset anyone. It was an opinion piece. Three junior ministers were outlining again, a policy which I support"

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney: 'The parties have worked well together. That doesn't mean that the parties have the same views all the time when it comes to policy.' Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

Enterprise Minister Simon Coveney has denied that there are any tensions within the coalition and said that no one is being bullied.

It comes as relations between the two main parties have become strained in recent days after three Fine Gael junior ministers — Jennifer Carroll McNeill, Martin Heydon, and Peter Burke — stated in a newspaper op-ed that the budget should include a €1,000 tax cut for workers, a proposal that has been slammed as "nuts" by senior Fianna Fáil figures.