Richard Bruton set for justice portfolio

Education Minister Richard Bruton looks set to be handed the challenge of restoring confidence in An Garda Síochána as justice minister.

Incoming taoiseach Leo Varadkar has made it known he wants to reconfigure a number of government departments in light of ongoing crises and to deal with the fallout of Brexit.

“That is something that is under consideration, the restructuring of government departments to reflect what I believe [are] the particular needs into the future,” said Mr Varadkar.