Poots replaced as Health Minister
Lagan Valley MLA Edwin Poots has been replaced as Health Minister in a reshuffle by the DUP leader Peter Robinson.
Mr Robinson announced the reshuffle via Twitter on Tuesday (September 23) when he posted a photograph of his new Ministerial team.
Mr Poots has been replaced by South Down MLA Jim Wells, who has said the role of health minister was the “most challenging position in the executive”.
Read more about the reshuffle in this week’s Star, which hits the shelves on Thursday.