Cathy Honan

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Catherine "Cathy" 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 Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel, but did not contest the 1997 Seanad election.^[2]

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