Denis Cregan (born 4 May 1940) is an Irish businessman and former Fine Gael politician from Cork, who served for 17 years as a senator.
[2] He had unsuccessfully contested the Cork South-Central constituency at the 1981 and February 1982 general elections.
[3] At the 2004 local elections, he held his seat on Cork City Council, though with a margin of less than 40 votes over the Sinn Féin candidate.
He and five of his brothers worked alongside their father at CIÉ's road haulage department.
[5][6] He did a variety of other jobs, including lorry helper, bus conductor and truck driver.