Rebel ex-Fine Gael minister Lucinda Creighton is to finally launch her much- vaunted party today.

The Labour Party tonight accused the IRFU and FAI of prostituting the name of the new Lansdowne Road as a revenue raising exercise for its redevelopment.

Dublin’s Luas light rail system made a profit a full year ahead of schedule, making it the only transport network in the country not in need of Government subsidies, it was revealed today.