Alice Mary Higgins
Alice Mary Higgins is an Irish Independent politician who has served as a Senator for the National University of Ireland since April 2016. She is a member of the Civil Engagement group in the 25th Seanad. 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. Her father, Michael D. Higgins, a former Labour Party politician, is the ninth and current President of Ireland.
Higgins studied English and philosophy at University College Dublin, 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. 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. She was an independent candidate for the Dublin constituency at the 2019 European Parliament election but finished 10th and was not elected. Higgins is a member of the Advisory Panel of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025.
