FG reshuffle media team for election battles ahead

FINE GAEL is reshuffling its communications team in an apparent attempt to appease Enda Kenny’s critics and boost his struggling leadership of the party.

Long-serving communications director Ciaran Conlon is moving to a planning and strategic role ahead of the next general election, party sources said.

His deputy, former Army commandant Feargal Purcell, will take over the day-to-day running of the press office.