Lucinda Creighton spent much of the general election count in RTÉ, alternating between television and radio studios as the tallies and the results flowed in. For Creighton, a former Fine Gael TD and one-time Minister of State for European Affairs, it was an exciting end to what she believes was an incredibly dull campaign.  Yes, she enjoyed receiving and analysing the results in real-time on the national broadcaster. But she believes that the campaign that preceded the count was lacklustre, and was defined by a lack of big ideas or policy debate. Creighton, a co-founder of the short-lived centre-right Renua…

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