Gilmore under pressure over cabinet post

TÁNAISTE Eamon Gilmore’s leadership style came under fire from some of his backbenchers last night, as he prepared finally to unveil his new Cabinet choice.

With Labour TDs already jittery after a dramatic post-budget plunge in the polls, Mr Gilmore’s selection of the new “super-junior” minister, expected at tomorrow’s cabinet meeting, was being eyed closely.

Second-tier ministers in the running for the Cabinet seat — left vacant by the storming out of Willie Penrose five weeks ago over the announced closure of the army barracks in Mullingar — include Alan Kelly, Roisín Shortall, Jan O’Sullivan and Sean Sherlock.