22 March 2016
By Bryan T. Smyth
bryan@TheCork.ie
Laura Harmon will hold the Cork launch of her Seanad campaign today. Laura Harmon is the former president of the Union of Students in Ireland and led a campaign in 2015 which registered 30,000 new voters ahead of the marriage referendum.
Date: Tuesday, 22nd March 2016
Time: 11am. Tea and coffee from 10.30am.
Location: Múscraí Room, Students Centre Building, University College Cork
Speakers: Dr Fiona Buckley, UCC School of Government; Dr Conor O’ Mahony, UCC Senior Law Professor; Pádraig Rice, Harmon for Seanad Camapaign; Laura Harmon, Seanad NUI Candidate
Laura Harmon said: ‘I’m delighted to be launching my campaign in my home county Cork and in UCC where I studied. I’m a proud Cork woman and would love to be a representative from Cork on the Seanad NUI panel.
‘If elected, I want to reform the Seanad and extend voting rights to all citizens. I will also prioritise education funding and gender equality.’
