Simon Harris brings new faces into Cabinet as Cork's Colm Burke set for promotion

Sources close to Harris said he brought forward the announcement of the junior ministers  to 'avoid a week of playing guess who'

Simon Harris announced his cabinet following his election as Taoiseach, promoting two junior ministers to replace the outgoing Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney. Picture: Government Information Service

Cork North-Central's Colm Burke is set to be appointed junior health minister on Wednesday as Simon Harris fills his ministerial ranks.

Mr Burke is set to take on responsibility for drug policy, taking the position vacated by Government chief whip Hildegarde Naughton, who is being moved to the special education brief.