Gilmore ‘has not discussed reshuffle’

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has left the door open to switching to a more frontline economic role in the Cabinet reshuffle signalled by the Taoiseach.

Stressing that his foreign affairs role included a trade element, Mr Gilmore refused to rule out changing to a more domestic-focused department.

Enda Kenny’s announcement that he planned to swap his top team around appeared to take the Labour parliamentary party’s conference by surprise, with the Tánaiste saying he had not yet discussed a reshuffle with the Taoiseach.