The Tanaiste is defending the work of Ministers in the Department of Health.

Fianna Fail claims there is a “fractured working relationship” between the Health Minister James Reilly and the Junior Health Minister Roisin Shortall.

Last night Minister Reilly won the support of the Dail in a vote of confidence.

However Minister Shortall did not actually state her confidence in him during a 4-minute speech.

Speaking in the Dail Eamon Gilmore says there is a strong team in the Department of Health getting on with the job of repairing the health system.

“This government is in the process of repairing that” he said.

“We have a strong team in the Department of Health – led by Minister Reilly, Minister Shorthall and Minister Lynch”.

“They are getting on with the job of repairing the health service that you broke”.

“They are going to deliver on that; I expect that they will deliver and I’m confident that they will deliver” he added.

A new 260 kilometre electricity interconnector linking Ireland and Britain has opened in Co. Meath.

The East-West interconnector has the capacity to transport 500 megawatts of energy.

That is enough to power 300,000 homes.

The 600 million euro project was developed by EirGrid.

It has come in on time and under budget and will allow for the sale of electricity between Ireland and Britain for the first time.

Chief Executive of EirGrid Dermot Byrne says customers will ultimately see the benefits through cheaper energy bills.

“Well the benefits that will flow from this  – and the case for this is well proven economically – but what this will do is bring competition to bear in the Irish wholesale energy market” he said.

“That will put downward pressure on prices, which counter-act some of the upward pressures”.

“So yes – there will be benefits flowing from this” he added.

35 new software engineering jobs are coming on stream in Dublin.

AOL Global Operations is hiring for its Dublin Development Centre.

They are targetting both senior and junior experienced recruits with industry experience.

It is more good news for Dublin as it follows an earlier announcement today that rental car company ‘Sixt’ is taking on 23 staff in a new franchise.

Meanwhile innovation hub ‘i360medical’ is creating 6 new jobs in the capital.

A 50-year-old man is due in court in Dublin today in connection with allegations of investment fraud.

Gardaí from the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation arrested him in the capital this morning.

Detectives also searched a house in the Monkstown area as part of their inquiry.

The Justice Minister has expressed concern after farmland in Dublin was designated with an airport symbol.

Airfield in Dundrum was labelled as an airport on a new maps application from Apple.

Minister Alan Shatter says the designation is dangerously misleading.

Newstalk’s Jack Quann has more.