Cathy Honan | |
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Senator | |
In office 17 February 1993 –17 September 1997 | |
Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | Catherine Honan 16 September 1951 County Laois,Ireland |
Political party | Progressive Democrats |
Catherine Honan (born 16 September 1951) [1] is a former Progressive Democrats politician from County Laois in Ireland. She was a Senator from 1993 to 1997.
An accountant before entering politics, [1] she stood unsuccessfully as a Progressive Democrats candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Laois–Offaly constituency at four successive general elections:1987,1989,1992 and 1997. After her 1992 defeat,she was elected to the 20th Seanad by the Industrial and Commercial Panel;this was facilitated by an electoral pact with Democratic Left. [2] She did not contest the 1997 Seanad election. [3]
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