Paul Hosford: The sign everyone is interested in is any hint of the next general election

Fine Gael Minister for Justice Helen McEntee with Minister of State James Browne speaking to the media at Government Buildings after bringing recommendations to increase penalties for knife crime. Picture: Eamonn Farrell
Political journalists are obsessive about signs.
Signs of discord, signs of policy ideas, signs of budgetary priority. It may be a choice of words, a venue selection, or something even less obvious, we are creatures of reading too much into things.