The Front Pages
The ousting of Enda Kenny is gathering pace and every national paper in the land is spreading it across their front pages like wildfire.
Here’s the general jest of the main headlines:
“FG in Meltdown†– the Irish Examiner simply displays.
“Fine Gael frontbench meeting key to Kenny’s survival†– reads the Irish Times.
“Furious rebels will blitz Kenny for sacking Bruton†– the Irish Independent leads.
The Irish political scene has been made interesting for the uninterested in the past few days. The latest development in the threat to Enda Kenny’s reign as leader of Fine Gael has come from the Mayo man himself.
Just when you thought the ball was in Richard Bruton’s court, Kenny has fired a rocket right down the line by sacking the deputy leader in the hope of fending off an upheaval from members of the party.
26 party members publicly backed Enda the boy yesterday however a meeting of the frontbench this morning will give a clearer indication of the current FG leader’s chances of remaining at the helm. A vote is expected to take place tomorrow to decide who’s the fairest of them all after Mr Kenny called for a full parliamentary party meeting.
Tales from the Tabs
Nadine Coyle just ticks all the right boxes. It has been revealed that the Girls Aloud singer is an avid button-basher, she just can’t get enough of the Xbox, according to The Sun’s report.
The Derry lass turned up at the unveiling of the Kinect motion-sensing device for Xbox 360 in LA alongside stars including Jack Osbourne and Ryan Phillippe on the red carpet.
The report also claims that Nadine has had little contact with her bandmates during their 12-month break.
Nicola Roberts insisted recently there was “no feud” between Nadine and the rest of the girls.
The Sports Pages
How fickle the English media can be. From spin doctoring England into World Cup winners the tabloids are now turning on Fabio Capello, and even the injured players.
The Daily Star heaps the blame on Capello for bringing the now injured Ledley King to South Africa. A gamble, which didn’t pay off, suggests the story.
England are understood to be in “crisis†according to majority of the reports out there. The goalkeeper debate is still up there with the best of them as everyone has an opinion of which one of Capello’s three calamitous goal tenders should get the nod against Algeria. Perhaps Peter Crouch should get a look in at this stage.
