The Regional Independents will have two Super Junior Ministers in the next Irish government. Following intense negotiations, a programme for government is expected to be published on Wednesday between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Regional Independents. Sean Canney and Noel Grealish will hold the Super Junior positions, while Marian Harkin and Kevin 'Boxer' Moran will be junior ministers. The Regional Independents will also receive two junior minister positions.
The Regional Independents will have two Super Junior Minister s in the next government, the Irish Mirror understands.
Tipperary TD Michael Lowry, who was leading the negotiations for the Regional Independents, is understood to have no interest in holding a position. The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media is also expected to be chopped and changed amid suggestions that tourism will be moved out of the department.
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