The LucEnda Show puts intrusive surveillance in shade

Intrusive surveillance dominated the EU summit, but Enda Kenny had far bigger things to worry about than the phone tapping fury erupting between the US and Germany — he had Lucinda Creighton on his case.

Despite sacking her as Europe minister, throwing her out of the parliamentary party, and trying to get her local branch to expel her after a show trial, there she was, right behind him at the meeting of Europe’s right wing leaders — just like old times.

As vice-president of the European People’s Party (EPP) grouping of the austerity political fan club, Ms Creighton insisted she had every reason to be there and Enda could not argue with the fact that she was a VP — though in his understanding of the term it probably stands for Veritable Pain.