Kathleen Lynch: ‘I think Labour probably needs a different leader now’

Kathleen Lynch has lost her seat but don’t write the epilogue yet. The outgoing minister of state at the Department of Health talks to Catherine Shanahan about the drama of a 34-year political career, one that may have a few plotlines still left.

Q: How did you handle defeat in the general election?

A: “I’m a great believer in dealing with reality, I’ve done that all my life. I ran under a bus when I was 10 and I could have sat back and said, ‘I have a disability now so this is it, this is my life and this is it for me’.”