Ireland close to being the success story EU needs it to be: Creighton

European Affairs Minister Lucinda Creighton says Ireland is “close to being a success story that the EU needs it to be” and that it would attempt to lay the groundwork for a free trade agreement between Europe and the US when it takes over the union presidency in January.

She made the comments on a whistle-stop visit to Warsaw to hold talks with her Polish counterpart, Piotr Serafin.

Later, Ms Creighton spoke at one of Poland’s leading political think-tanks, PISM (Polish Institute of International Affairs), and outlined the Government’s priorities for Ireland’s upcoming six-month EU presidency.