Céad Fianna Fáilte as Martin and his minions get the post-pity party started

A bright, new, shining political party was visible on the doorstep of the RDS on Saturday.

All these young, mostly women, milling around the threshold under a wan spring sun, passing out leaflets of smiling faces.

Who are these people? Are they the missing link in Irish politics, that elusive new force that the country is apparently crying out for?