DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland will name Jack Chambers as its next finance minister to replace its European Commission nominee Michael McGrath, a source said on Tuesday, handing the junior minister the task of crafting the coalition’s final budget before an election.

Chambers will be the first finance chief in over 40 years to take on the role without previous senior ministerial experience, and aged 33, will become the youngest finance minister since Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins just over a century ago.

Chambers, a qualified doctor, has sat at cabinet since 2020 in various junior…