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| − | + | ==Introduction== | |
| − | Lorraine Higgins | + | Lorraine Higgins was born on 3rd August 1979. She is an Irish barrister and Labour Party politician. |
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==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
| − | + | Higgins is currently the Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Reform and Foreign Affairs. She ran as the Labour Party candidate in the Midlands–North-West constituency for the 2014 European Parliament election. She was unsuccessful in this election. | |
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==Education== | ==Education== | ||
| − | Higgins graduated from the National University of Ireland with a | + | Higgins graduated from the National University of Ireland, Galway in with a Degree in Political & Social Science and History in 2001 and attended the Honorable Society of Kings Inn from 2001-2005. |
==Further information== | ==Further information== | ||
| − | Higgins would like to be a voice for Ireland in Europe | + | Higgins would like to be a voice for Ireland in Europe: |
| − | + | 1. Lift Ireland’s unfair burden of bank debt | |
| + | 2. Provide guaranteed jobs, education and training places for our young people | ||
| + | 3. Put people, not the interests of the financial system, at the heart of a Social Europe | ||
| + | 4. Revitalise our towns, villages and rural heartlands – the lifeblood of Irelan | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | + | http://www.lorrainehiggins.ie/aboutlorraine/ | |
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