Lucinda Creighton is the Minister of State at The Department of The Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs and a Fine Gael TD representing the Dublin South East constituency. She was first elected to the Dail in 2007. Creighton studied law at Trinity College and qualified as an Attorney at Law for the State of New York.
Breaking via The Mire wire: “I was delighted when I heard we were getting a new political party,” a man on a bus in Rialto said. “Then I heard there were TDs in it.”
The junior minister heavily criticises the journalist Olivia O’Leary over her recent radio column in which she said it was time to “kick the Taliban out of our constitution”.
His 11am address, entitled “Towards a European Union of the Citizens”, will be followed by a joint press conference with the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz.
Junior Minister Lucinda Creighton has said a bill including the ‘risk of suicide’ could open the floodgates. But do you think it should be included in legislation for the X Case?
The junior minister is drafting her own bill which excludes the risk of suicide from legislation that will comply with the Supreme Court ruling in the X Case.
A TV interview, planting a tree, “official business” and committee work in Mozambique are among the reasons for some TDs not voting on last night’s abortion bill.
Creighton says she doesn’t want to “dictate to any citizen” about how to voting in the upcoming fiscal compact referendum – but warns that future external funding may dry up if Ireland says No.
Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton said that she didn’t want to speculate on what would happen if Ireland voted against the fiscal compact treaty.
In the wake of of various controversies over politicians’ tweets in the UK, we are asking should politicians leave the serious commentary out of Twitter?
Pizza is a vegetable, a pet rescue in the Liffey and the tragedy of one young woman’s lonely death – some of the stories you most wanted to share with your Facebook friends.
FRANCE HAS BECOME the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law today following months of bitter political debate.
In Ireland last month, 79 per cent of delegates at the Constitutional Convention voted in favour of same-sex marriage but the Government will hold off on a referendum until next year despite the overwhelming support.
It comes two years after the legalisation of Civil Partnership.
Is another year too long for a referendum on gay marriage? Or, are you opposed to the idea entirely?
So today, we want to know what do you think. Would you welcome the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Ireland today, similar to France?
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