1. Laura Harmon was born on 26 November 1986 and is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel since January 2025.
16 Facts About Laura Harmon
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Laura Harmon was a member of Cork City Council for the South West area from June 2024 to January 2025.
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Laura Harmon is a former president of the Union of Students in Ireland.
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Laura Harmon was the first woman to fill the role in twenty years.
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In 2018, Harmon was mobilisation team lead for the Together For Yes campaign to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
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Laura Harmon became President of the USI and, in what was described as an "unprecedented move", USI endorsed her 2016 candidacy for the Seanad.
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Laura Harmon was a board member of the Higher Education Authority.
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Laura Harmon used this role to promote the repeal of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution.
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Laura Harmon was an independent candidate for the National University of Ireland constituency at the 2016 Seanad election.
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Laura Harmon polled 1,477 votes of first-preference votes but was not elected, coming in fifth out of thirty candidates.
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Laura Harmon polled 2,187 first-preference votes, but was not elected.
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Laura Harmon was elected at the 2024 Cork City Council election for the Cork City South West area for the Labour Party.
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Laura Harmon received 1,240 first preference votes, and placed 5th in the seven-seat local electoral area.
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Laura Harmon successfully contested the 2025 Seanad election to the 27th Seanad as a Labour Party candidate for the Industrial and Commercial Panel.
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Laura Harmon is the eldest of five daughters born in the Gaeltacht of Ballyvourney, County Cork.
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Laura Harmon was educated through Irish and lives in Cork city.