Lucinda’s got the limelight, but can she enlighten us on policies?

Like her new party’s name, the answer to that conundrum remains unknown, but the rebel ex-minister of state has put a bit of flesh on the bones of the emaciated-looking political specimen she unveiled to an anxious nation last Friday.
Ever the canny mistress of media spin, that event was just the warm-up act before going fully live at the end of February. The Dublin South East TD seized the political initiative as her erstwhile allies in Fine Gael were still dealing with their New Year’s Eve hangovers.