Junior Minister Roisin Shortall says the Health Minister James Reilly has questions to answer about why 2 locations in his constituency were added to a list of places chosen for Primary Care Centres after the final list had been drawn up by the Health Service Executive (HSE).

Minister Shortall said today that she did not know why the Minister had added Swords and Balbriggan to the priority list for building new primary care centres.

She has also refused to say that she has confidence in Minister Reilly despite being asked 3 times by journalists in Balbriggan this morning.

Minister Shortall says it is up to Minister Reilly to explain why the extra centres were added.

“I engaged in a process with the HSE and the Department to identify the centres and the locations that we thought should have priority – then obviously there were additional locations added to that list” she said.

“I don’t want to comment any further on that”.

When asked why the 2 extra centres were added, Minister Shorthall replied “That’s not really a question for me, it’s a question for Minister Reilly”.

“I don’t know why – I’ve made that clear”.

“A list went out from my office and any question in relation to a more extensive list really should be directed to Minister Reilly” she added.

A spokesman for Health Minster James Reilly has issued a statement on the additional primary care centres in his constituency this lunchtime.

It says that the Minister’s “experience on the ground” led him to add the two centres in Swords and Balbriggan to the list already finalised by the HSE.

His spokesman also says that Minister Reilly does not have any business connection with anyone who may run the centres proposed for his constituency.

Two men are due in court charged in connection with the death of a man in Dublin last year.

30-year-old Michael Kelly was shot and fatally injured in an attack on Marrsfield Avenue in Clongriffin on the afternoon of September 15th 2011.

Gardaí say 2 men in their early 20s are due to appear at the Special Criminal Court today.

The Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) is to begin a sustained campaign to restore equal pay to new teachers entering the profession.

Changes announced by the Government this week mean new entrants will no longer receive qualification allowances worth €4,500 annually.

The starting salary has also been cut to just over €30,000.

The TUI says these changes represent a 22% drop on the earnings of a similarly qualified teachers who started just 2 years ago.

TUI President Gerard Craughwell has aid they will “rule nothing in and nothing out” as part of the campaign.

Apple’s latest iPhone has gone on sale internationally today.

Buyers in several counties including the UK, Australia, and Japan have queued for hours to get their hands on it.

Newstalk’s Jack Quann has more.