Creighton expelled

Lucinda Creighton last night accused her former colleagues in Fine Gael of breaking their pledge on abortion after she was expelled from the parliamentary party over her stance on what she described as a “life and death” issue.

She has stepped down as junior minister for European affairs after she voted against the party whip on a Dáil vote proposing to remove the suicide grounds in the contentious abortion legislation.

She was immediately expelled from the parliamentary party but insisted she was staying in the party she has been involved with since she was 18.