Midlands TD Switches Department In Sinn Féin Reshuffle

Sinn Féin announced their team for the next General Election in a front-bench reshuffle.

A midlands TD is getting a new department in the Sinn Féin reshuffle.

The party has announced their team for the next General Election, and Longford Westmeath Deputy Sorca Clarke is moving to the front-bench and taking on the Education portfolio.

Deputy Clarke had previously been the party's Defence spokesperson.

Party Leader Mary Lou McDonald says Sorca Clarke has been an 'outstanding' spokesperson for the department.

Following the reshuffle, here's how Sinn Féin pans out:

Party Leader: Mary Lou McDonald

Finance: Pearse Doherty

Health: David Cullinane

Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Eoin Ó Broin

Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Louise O’Reilly

Environment and Climate Action: Darren O’Rourke

Foreign Affairs and Defence: Matt Carthy

Justice: Pa Daly

Public Expenditure and Reform: Rose Conway-Walsh

Education: Sorca Clarke

Higher Education, Innovation and Science: Mairéad Farrell

Agriculture, Food (and Rural Affairs): Claire Kerrane

Communications and Transport: Martin Kenny

Social Protection: Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Youth and Integration: John Brady

Childcare: Kathleen Funchion

Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, Media: Imelda Munster

SF Chief Whip and Fisheries and the Marine: Pádraig MacLochlainn

An Gaeltacht, Gaeilge agus Cultúr: Aengus Ó Snodaigh 

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