New party hoping to make a difference

Independent TD Lucinda Creighton yesterday borrowed a technology metaphor when announcing she is to launch a new political party in the spring. Exhibiting evangelical zeal, Ms Creighton declared: “We want to reboot Ireland and we want those who are as passionate about this country as we are to join us on this mission”.

Flanked by Eddie Hobbs and independent councillor John Leahy, the former Fine Gael deputy told a press conference in Dublin freedom of thought, difference and independence will be the defining features of the new political party and the new political system which she and her colleagues hope to shape.

All very lofty sentiments, but the question is whether this new movement will embrace the past or look to the future.