Shoring up Caitriona?
Sinn Fein has just announced a back bench reshuffle, shifting John O'Dowd from chairing the Public Accounts Committee to become the party's education spokesperson. Paul Butler moves across to Enterprise, whilst Paul Maskey gets the role of chairing the powerful watchdog P.A. C.
What should we read into John O'Dowd's move? Is it an attempt to shore up Caitriona Ruane ahead of the minister bringing her proposals on academic selection to the Executive? The minister faces a fortnight of difficult debates in the Chamber, and there is no sign of it getting any easier.
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