Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore will finalise the make-up of the Cabinet today and tomorrow following yesterday's endorsement of the Programme for Government by both Fine Gael and Labour.

THE IMF has given the next government a boost by saying a review of the bailout for Ireland could begin as early as this month.

Strong leadership by Ireland’s Taoiseach-elect will finally get the country working again, the leader of his European allies has said.

THE Government has failed to release details on the number of Irish children abused or neglected over the past two years, it emerged yesterday.

Taoiseach-elect Brian Cowen tonight signalled that some State agencies could be scrapped as part of a long-term revamp of the public sector.