A mixed bag of political progress

On a recent Wednesday night in the Dáil, the word went round that Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin was re-shuffling his frontbench.

“Dara Calleary’s gone to enterprise,” one well-placed source said. “Billy Kelleher’s gone to communications.”

The next day, the reshuffle was formally announced. Dara Calleary had, indeed, moved from the justice portfolio to enterprise. But Billy Kelleher remained firmly in situ as the party’s health spokesman.