Politics
Backbenchers push for substantial cabinet reshuffle
Five Fine Gael cabinet members likely to remain, but Fianna Fáil line-up looks less certain
Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar are coming under pressure from backbenchers to have a meaningful cabinet reshuffle rather than keeping existing ministers in place.
Varadkar is expected to keep his existing five cabinet ministers – Paschal Donohoe, Simon Coveney, Simon Harris, Heather Humphreys and Helen McEntee – but to make changes among Fine Gael’s group of eight ministers of state.
There is less certainty about the Fianna Fáil cabinet line-up remaining unchanged, but Stephen Donnelly’s ...