Former Agriculture Minister Michael Creed reflects on his four decades of public service ahead of retiring from politics at the close of the current Dáil

“I was gutted and I was tempted to throw in the towel,” – former Fine Gael minister, Michael Creed is recalling his reaction in 2011 to being overlooked by then Taoiseach Enda Kenny for a Cabinet post when Fine Gael formed a coalition government with Labour with a huge overall majority.

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