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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cowen-rallies-support-ahead-of-vote.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Taoiseach Brian Cowen has confirmed he will remain as leader of his ruling Fianna Fail party" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-cowen-rallies-support-ahead-of-vote.jpg" alt="Taoiseach Brian Cowen has confirmed he will remain as leader of his ruling Fianna Fail party"/></a></p>
<p>Taoiseach Brian Cowen&#8217;s allies and opponents in Fianna Fail are to rally support ahead of a crucial vote on his leadership of the ruling party.</p>
<p>On Sunday Mr Cowen attempted to wrongfoot opponents by tabling a motion of confidence in himself and backing a secret ballot at a parliamentary party meeting scheduled for Tuesday.</p>
<p>Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin has revealed he will be voting against the Taoiseach, claiming the very survival of the party was at stake.</p>
<p>He tendered his resignation from Cabinet but despite the damaging split in Government agreed to remain as minister after the Taoiseach said it was not necessary to quit.</p>
<p>But he said party members around the country warned him they did not want Mr Cowen as leader in the looming general election.</p>
<p>Supporters in both camps are expected to canvass party TDs to back them in Tuesday night&#8217;s critical vote.</p>
<p>After days of intense speculation over his leadership, Mr Cowen challenged rebels to a self-imposed secret ballot on his political future and claimed he has enough support to win. The Taoiseach insisted he was remaining in control of Fianna Fail &#8220;in the national interest&#8221;.</p>
<p>He said he did not believe his party colleagues wanted a new leader.</p>
<p>Concerns over the Taoiseach&#8217;s leadership came to a head in the last week after he was publicly grilled in the Dail on Wednesday over previously undisclosed contacts with former Anglo Irish Bank boss Sean FitzPatrick.</p>
<p>Under pressure, he revealed the names of two other business chiefs who joined him and Mr FitzPatrick for a post-golf match dinner in Druid&#8217;s Glen, Co Wicklow &#8211; Gary McGann, chief executive of Smurfit Kappa, who was a director of Anglo at the time, and Alan Gray, an economist appointed to the Central Bank board by Mr Cowen.</p>
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