Alice Mary Higgins
Senator Alice Mary Higgins |
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Senator | |
Assumed office April 2016 |
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Constituency | National University of Ireland |
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Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Independent |
Relations | Michael D. Higgins (Father) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University College Dublin Trinity College, Dublin The New School |
Website | www |
Alice Mary Higgins (born 1975/6) is a policy analyst and independent politician. She is the campaigns and policy officer at the National Women's Council of Ireland and a board member of the European Women's Lobby, and was elected to Seanad Éireann in 2016.[1]
Higgins read English and philosophy at University College Dublin,[2] and took an MPhil in theatre and cultural studies at Trinity College, Dublin and a Fulbright MA in sociology at The New School in New York City.[3] She stood for election to Seanad Éireann on the National University of Ireland panel in April 2016 and was elected to the third and final seat on the 28th count.[4]
Her father, Michael D., a former Labour Party politician, is the ninth President of Ireland.[2][1]
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