Frontbench shake-up to reinvigorate party line-ups

FINE Gael and Labour will gear up for the new Dáil term by announcing significant changes to their respective frontbenches today.

Both parties are expected to opt for injections of political youth in an attempt to reinvigorate their line-ups. It’s believed Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny will cut some of the older members of his frontbench from the last Dáil to clear the way for some of the party’s newly elected, younger TDs.

Labour leader Eamon Gilmore, meanwhile, has already let it be known that there will be places on the frontbench for his party’s three Dáil newcomers — Sean Sherlock, Ciaran Lynch and Joanna Tuffy.