Siobhán Creaton is the current head of Public Affairs and Advocacy at the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland and is a member of the Irish Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle board, having previously worked as a media adviser to Ruairi Quinn, Minister for Education and Skills, as well as director of communications for the Department of Education and Skills.
She is a former Finance Correspondent with ''
The Irish Times
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'', and a former Business Correspondent with the ''
Irish Independent
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The newspaper version often includes glossy magazines.
Traditionally a broadsheet n ...
''.
In 2010 she published a book, ''A Mobile Fortune; the Life and Times of Denis O' Brien,'' an
unauthorized biography
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of
Denis O'Brien
Denis O'Brien (born 19 April 1958) is an Irish billionaire businessman, and the founder and owner of Digicel. He was listed among the World's Top 200 Billionaires in 2015 and was Ireland's richest native-born citizen for a period of several ye ...
. She authored the first book about
Ryanair
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, the low-fares airline. The book, ''Ryanair: How a Small Irish Airline Conquered Europe'', was launched in May 2004 and later updated in 2007 to ''Ryanair: The full story of the controversial low-cost airline''. Both were published by
Aurum Press
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in
paperback
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. She also co-wrote ''Panic At The Bank'' about
John Rusnak, with
Conor O'Clery
Conor O'Clery is an Irish journalist and writer.
Background
Born in Belfast, Conor O'Clery graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 1972. He was deputy editor of The Gown, the QUB student newspaper.
Career
O'Clery worked for ''The Irish ...
.
References
External links
Review of Creaton's book
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Irish women journalists
Irish Independent people
Irish non-fiction writers
The Irish Times people
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