menu_open
Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton

The Business Post

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Lucinda Creighton: Ursula Von der Leyen may find time spent wooing the left coming back to bite her

The European Commission president has built bridges during her tenure, but they will fall when the elections begin and she will be left with few...

previous day 7

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Dangerous Hate Bill will have chilling effect on free speech and should be canned

If passed, the law would have a devastating impact on social cohesion and free and open political discourse

07.04.2024 8

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

What Simon Harris needs to do to be a different and successful Taoiseach

The major challenges for Harris are the timing of his elevation and how can he distinguish himself from my friend Leo Varadkar

24.03.2024 10

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Nikki Haley refused to prostrate herself at altar of Donald Trump and paid the price

However, Haley’s refusal to endorse the ex-president is certainly not the end of her political career

10.03.2024 8

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Leo Varadkar’s drift from biggest EU political bloc is short-sighted

Having been at the heart of the EPP, under Varadkar Ireland has drifted away from the group, weakening our position

03.03.2024 10

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Varadkar should end election chatter and commit to a full term

The constant speculation about when is best to call an election distracts from the real business of government

25.02.2024 10

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Ireland’s farming lobby has given up the ghost when its members need it most

A wave of farm protests has swept across Europe over recent months but the once-vocal Irish farming lobby seems to have gone missing, at least for now

18.02.2024 7

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: From the jaws of victory, Sinn Féin manage to grasp defeat with United Ireland call

DUP had the best week the party has had in quite a few years while Sinn Féin, by contrast, botched the news that the Assembly would finally resume

02.02.2024 8

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Ireland must heed example of the US on how not to deal with migration tensions

By refusing to have a sensible discussion about immigration policy, political leaders in Ireland are currently driving large swathes of voters into...

21.01.2024 5

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Any misstep on economy or immigration could dent Sinn Féin’s election prospects

The opposition will face greater scrutiny as ballots approach as blip in the party’s polling gives Coalition a boost

12.01.2024 4

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Donald Tusk looks to drag Poland out of the dark

The Poles’ decision to eject the authoritarian populist PiS party from power shows that positive politics can trump negative nationalism

17.12.2023 6

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Ireland needs a standalone intelligence agency to tackle modern threats

By housing our domestic intelligence within An Garda Síochana, we leave the force exposed to infiltration and the interception of sensitive data

03.12.2023 10

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Cameron’s appointment is a disaster both in terms of politics and diplomacy

The former prime minister’s biggest failure was of course his utterly naïve and fatuous approach to the European question

25.11.2023 6

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Ireland must stop treating European Parliament as consolation prize for failed or retiring TDs

With the European Elections coming up next June, FG will have its work cut out replacing the influential Frances Fitzgerald, but a sure winner would...

12.11.2023 40

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Sinn Féin’s lead is clear, but make-up of next government is far from certain

Even on 65 seats, the party will be a long way short of a majority, so it will need friends

05.11.2023 6

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: UN leader Guterres should stand down, and western leaders must support Israel

Israel has the right to defend itself against genocide and Israel’s allies should help it do that, while also offering refuge to Palestinians in...

29.10.2023 3

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: ‘Hapless’ Donnelly has failed to grasp even the smallest nettle of reform in health

The embattled minister came into office promising change, but instead it’s just more of the same

22.10.2023 6

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Western disunity over support for Ukraine plays into Putin’s hands

There’s only one winner when cracks form in western allies’ solidarity, and that’s the Russian president

08.10.2023 9

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Democrats must be willing to call out their own ‘swamp’ politicians or risk losing election

Unless the party demands the resignation of Senator Bob Menendez, charged with bribery and corruption, the high moral ground which separates them from...

01.10.2023 10

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Softening of Von der Leyen’s green rhetoric plays to her electoral base

In her state of the union speech, the European Commission president focused on policies that are likely to get her re-elected

24.09.2023 10

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Spiralling crime and unrest in France offers a grim opportunity for Marine Le Pen

The far-right leader, who is strongly playing the law-and-order card, is poised to reap the benefits of Macron’s apparent loss of control of the...

17.09.2023 9

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton: Smaller parties and Fine Gael the big losers in boundary redraw

Sinn Féin are set to benefit most but even if they double their seats at the next election, they may struggle to form a government

10.09.2023 10

The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

96564ec820ff04c0d77580a92ae21300