Minister of State for Public and Commuter Transport Alan Kelly has defended a rural railway line which is costing the taxpayer €550 per passenger.

The Cabinet reshuffle is, for the most part, just that - a reshuffle. But amid the familiar faces moved from one portfolio to another, a handful of politicians have made fresh space at the Cabinet table.

Minister of State Alan Kelly’s budget kite-flying about funding private schools was as craven as it was irrational.