Greens to get wish in Cabinet revamp

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen is set to overhaul several Government departments and grant the Green Party a second junior minister as part of today’s Cabinet reshuffle aimed at restoring the coalition’s sagging fortunes.

Responsibility for employment and training is expected to be removed from Tánaiste Mary Coughlan’s Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment.

That department will now focus on enterprise and economic planning, a Government source predicted, with the possibility that Ms Coughlan may be moved to a different portfolio.