The launch of a new political party is due to be announced this morning by former Minister of State and Fine Gael TD Lucinda Creighton.

Radical reforms on reducing pay and pensions for politicians, term limits for ministers, and limiting Government powers have been proposed by a group of Independent TDs and senators.

Reform Alliance leader Lucinda Creighton has attacked her former ministerial colleague, Phil Hogan, and accused the Fine Gael minister of “abusing” taxpayers’ money.

Lucinda Creighton says the Reform Alliance has the potential to expand and has been approached by Independent TDs.

If exasperated headmaster Enda Kenny thought expelling Blueshirt bad girl Lucinda Creighton to reform school was going to make her change her ways, he was very much mistaken.

A common thread running through the litany of institutional failures at the CRC, Irish Water and the penalty points scandal was bad governance resulting in nobody being held responsible, according to public service expert Dr Eddie Molloy.

The Reform Alliance’s window of opportunity to set up a political party may be receding after an opinion poll has showed support for such a move was significantly down.

DANIEL O’CONNELL never had it this good. The original purveyor of the monster meeting would have been astounded as to the quality of debate among those in attendance at Saturday’s gathering of the Reform Alliance in the RDS in Dublin.

Convention assures us that first impressions mean a lot. If that is true, then the political establishment will not lose too much sleep over Saturday’s Reform Alliance party conference that was not a party conference.

Lucinda Creighton has said that the Reform Alliance will work with anybody who is trying to change politics in Ireland.

A group of rebels from Fine Gael will today test the waters for a new political party.

Rebel ex-minister Lucinda Creighton has said for the first time that she expects to fight the next election under the Reform Alliance banner.

The Reform Alliance will host their public conference this afternoon in the RDS and you can follow live updates here from 10am.