THE Government will be obliged to promote a new EU-wide hotline for missing children from May 2011 – even though the service will be unavailable in Ireland for the foreseeable future.

The Irish Mental Health Coalition (IMHC) has welcomed the move not to relocate the Central Mental Hospital to Thornton Hall, north Co Dublin.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern laid down a blueprint yesterday for the final two years of the Government, promoting three new faces to the Cabinet and shuffling his remaining pack.