Lucinda Creighton
428 results

Moral panic on vultures delays end of arrears crisis
- Economy
- March 2, 2018, 07:10
In 2011 at the Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin Castle, former US president Bill Clinton sauntered onstage and delivered some home truths. Among (...)

Creighton attacks media over ‘progressive consensus’ on abortion
- Irish News
- February 1, 2018, 11:19
Former government minister Lucinda Creighton has accused the media of bias on the issue of abortion. Ms Creighton, who lost the Fine Gael whip in 20(...)

Varadkar shows more maturity on abortion than Kenny, says ex-senator
- Irish News
- January 13, 2018, 08:11
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has shown far greater political maturity in his handling of the abortion issue than Enda Kenny, according to a former Fine Gael(...)

Former FG TD denies suggestions he will run in next election
- Politics
- January 8, 2018, 13:46
Former Fine Gael TD Paul Bradford has moved to deny suggestions that he was interested in running for the party in Cork East where he previously held (...)

Steady. Unspectacular. Dull. Boring: Paschal Donohoe’s ‘magic mediocrity’
- Politics
- December 27, 2017, 01:00
Steady. Unspectacular. Dull. Boring, even. These are the ambitions of Paschal Donohoe, Ireland’s young Minister for Finance, as he ponders his steward(...)

Frances Fitzgerald’s career has seen triumph and disaster
- Politics
- November 27, 2017, 01:00
Frances Fitzgerald has risen to the second-highest Government office in Ireland during a career that has seen both triumph and defeat in liberal measu(...)

Caveat: Who’s afraid of the big, bad lobbyist?
- Economy
- September 29, 2017, 05:45
This month saw the second anniversary of the State’s lobbying disclosure regime. Was there a cake and candles? Was there, hell. Two years in, one thin(...)

Who will win and who will lose in the constituency changes?
- Politics
- August 8, 2017, 01:30
Political parties are paying particular attention to four constituencies where the number of seats has changed for the next general election. The thr(...)

Judge calls for law on parents of young offenders to be abolished
- Crime & Law
- July 10, 2017, 01:00
A law which allows the monitoring and punishment of parents who fail to control their children should be abolished as it “criminalises” parents, a Chi(...)

Brexit bounce for Irish ex-politicians as businesses fret
- Financial Services
- June 23, 2017, 06:30
Ed Brophy, who served as chief of staff to Joan Burton when she was Tánaiste in the last government, didn’t have much time to get his feet under the t(...)