Siobhán Creaton is an Irish author and former journalist. She is, as of 2025, the head of Public Affairs and Advocacy at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.[1]
Career
Creaton was formerly a finance correspondent with The Irish Times,[2] and a business correspondent with the Irish Independent.[3]
In 2013, she was appointed as an adviser to the Minister for Education and Skills,[4] and was later a director of communications for the Department of Education and Skills.[1] By 2018, she was a member of the Irish Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle board.[5]
As of 2025, Creaton was the head of Public Affairs and Advocacy at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.[1]
Works
Creaton co-wrote Panic at the Bank: How John Rusnak Lost AIB $700 Million with Conor O'Clery. The book, about former currency trader John Rusnak, was published in 2002.[6][7]
She also authored the first book about Ryanair, the low-fares airline. The book, Ryanair: How a Small Irish Airline Conquered Europe,[8] 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 in paperback.
In 2010, she published A Mobile Fortune; the Life and Times of Denis O' Brien, an unauthorized biography of Denis O'Brien.[9]
References
- ^ a b c "Senior Leadership Team". rcpi.ie. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
Siobhán Creaton is [RCPI's] Director of Communications and Public Affairs [..] Before joining RCPI, Siobhán was Director of Communications at the Department of Education and Skills and was a Special Advisor to the Minister for Education.
- ^ "Morning business news". rte.ie. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ "The Business - Saturday 16th April, 2011". rte.ie. April 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "S.I. No. 150/2013 - Appointment of Special Adviser (Minister for Education and Skills) Order 2013 - electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB)". irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "ISACS New Board of Directors 2018!". www.isacs.ie. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Gripping inside story of Rusnak scam". Irish Independent. 16 November 2002. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Obvious alarm bells fell on deaf ears". Irish Independent. 1 December 2002. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Books - Bestsellers". Irish Independent. 27 June 2004. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Review: A Mobile Fortune; The Life and Times of Denis O'Brien". Irish Independent. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
