Simon Harris completes Government line-up with new junior ministers

Colm Burke has been appointed as the Minister of State for Wellbeing and Drugs Strategy, after Hildegarde Naughton was moved from the role to be given responsibility for special education on Tuesday.
Simon Harris completes Government line-up with new junior ministers
New Taoiseach Simon Harris with Tanaiste Micheal Martin and Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan (Brian Lawless/PA)

A number of new junior ministers have been appointed after new Taoiseach Simon Harris made further changes to portfolios held by Fine Gael.

Neale Richmond has become the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, which was left vacant on Tuesday after Jennifer Carroll MacNeill was appointed as the junior minister for European Affairs.

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