An imminent centre-left political party with an all-star lineout

On paper, the planned centre-left party has a good-looking lineout that’s far stronger than Lucinda Creighton’s Renua, writes Gerard Howlin.

FROM historic inertia to apparent instability, the party political edifice, undermined by economic collapse, is more fluid than at any time since the foundation of the State.

Stories have abounded for days of the apparent launch of a new party. Centre-left in orientation and centred on three Independent TDs Catherine Murphy, Stephen Donnelly and Róisín Shortall, if the lore is true it will be joined by senators Katherine Zappone and Jillian Van Turnout.