Daniel McConnell: Plans for Cabinet reshuffle are well under way

When the time comes for Micheál Martin to pass the baton to Leo Varadkar, what is planned is far more extensive than a simple swapping of the Taoiseach portfolio, writes Daniel McConnell.

Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris could be supplanted by Micheál Martin when the time comes to hand the Taoiseach’s role over to Leo Varadkar.

MUCH of the talk around Taoiseach Micheál Martin in the past year has been about when he will stand down as leader of Fianna Fáil, a position he has held since 2011.

Plenty of his own troops have come out publicly to say he should resign at the time he is due to hand over the Taoiseach’s office to Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar, his troublesome Tánaiste.