The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has just announced a number of new junior ministers in the Dáil.

A 16-year-old anti-suicide campaigner who died after a long battle with cancer had more of an impact than any politician, a Government minister has claimed.

The Minister of State for Disability has today rejected claims that the Government's decision to withdraw its annual funding would set back the disability agenda by 15 years.

JOAN SOLON is realising her dream of going to art college, four years after a brain haemorrhage nearly put an end to her life.