Fianna Fáil's unveiled the party's newest TD - former Labour chairman Colm Keaveney.
He's been accepted unanimously at a meeting of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party.
The Galway West TD is being given an immediate frontbench position around special needs - embracing education, health, employment and mental health.
It's understood he's been in talks with the party for some time - and this afternoon Micheal Martin said it was Keaveney who had made the first move in inquiring about joining.
Deputy Keaveney's praised Fianna Fáil, which he says didn't engage in reckless politics since the last election:
