Gilmore under pressure over cabinet post
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.
