Lucinda Creighton
Lucinda Creighton is an Irish politician and the former leader of Renua Ireland. Initially elected as a member of Fine Gael, she was a Teachta Dla for the Dublin SouthEast constituency from 2007 until 2016. She served as the Minister of State for European Affairs from March 2011 to July 2013, losing the party whip when she voted against the governments bill which demarcated the circumstances by which abortion could be legally carried out in the State. Following her resignation from Fine Gael in July 2013, she sat as an independent TD until March 2015 and the launch of Renua Ireland. She lost her seat at the 2016 general election and resigned as Renua leader in May 2016.
Creighton was elected to Dil ireann on her first attempt in the 2007 general election, as its youngest member, the first TD born in the 1980s. She was appointed Fine Gael spokesperson on European Affairs from 2007 to 2010. She was critical of party leader, Enda Kenny, during that period. In July 2010 she criticised what she termed the cute hoor politics in Fine Gael. In October 2010, she was appointed as party deputy spokesperson on Justice with special responsibility for Immigration, Integration and Equality.
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