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Thu 04 Apr 2009Muted response to reshuffle indicates party in survival mode
OPINION:The rejigging of the junior ministerial ranks matters little to the world outside politics, writes MARK HENNESSY.
ONCE UPON a time, Dáil Éireann would have been crowded with friends and supporters of the newly promoted on the day of a ministerial reshuffle. Not so yesterday. Or, at least, nothing like times past. Instead, there was a jaded air visible from a Government increasingly on the defensive. In truth, the reduction and rejigging of the junior ministerial ranks matters little to the world outside politics, politicians and those who feed on them.
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