Creighton exposes ‘toxic’ Dáil culture

A junior minister has claimed there is hidden bullying in politics and a toxic culture in her party where female politicians are being treated unequally.

Lucinda Creighton, European affairs minister, backed plans for quotas of female politicians and said demanding schedules for female TDs made it almost impossible to have children.

In a candid interview along with husband Senator Paul Bradford, Ms Creighton said she was a strong woman but was struck by the atmosphere at Leinster House, which was very different to her time at the Law Library or in Dublin City Council.