Three senior Ministers have refused to rule himself out of the running to replace Enda Kenny as party leader.
Fine Gael appears to be in disarray ahead of Wednesday’s parliamentary party meeting – at which Enda Kenny is expected to make his position clear.
A former leader of the party says all members should take a vow of silence ahead of that meeting – saying leaks to the media are ‘corrosive’.
Juliette Gash reports;