#GE16 Analysis: Amid taunts and boos, Lucinda Creighton’s Renua falls at the first hurdle

Lucinda Creighton saw fledgling party fail to return a single seat, writes Political Reporter Elaine Loughlin.

FROM the start there were problems with the name — was it taken from the Irish Ré Nua? How to pronounce it? What was the meaning behind it?

But perhaps the lowest point in the party’s short existence came when Renua leader Lucinda Creighton — facing elimination from the race — was greeted by taunts and boos as she arrived at the RDS count centre on Saturday.