Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn said that neither he nor the Tánaiste had any involvement in the appointment of Eamon Gilmore's wife to the post of policy specialist at the Department of Education.

The head of City of Cork Vocational Education Committee says he looks forward to continuing in the role after changes to a planned reshuffle of VEC chiefs nationally.

The wife of Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore is to become a policy specialist for his Labour Party colleague Ruairí Quinn as part of redeployment arrangements for vocational education committee (VEC) chiefs.

LABOUR party leader Eamon Gilmore has said he is not embarrassed by recent revelations that his wife sold a site to the state for €525,000.