Elaine Loughlin: Humphreys goes from stumbling minister to vital cog in party’s engine

Keeping Heather Humphreys in her current role is very much what the party wants

‘Is Heather Humphreys running out of places to hide?’ read the headline on a 2014 Irish Examiner analysis piece about the then arts minister.

Fast forward eight years and far from seeking cover, a self-assured and highly respected Humphreys is running out of places to be seen as she continues with her rural roadshows, regularly appears in the media, and just yesterday opened the first National Community and Voluntary Civic Forum.