Dara O'Hagan (born 29 August 1964) is an Irish republican activist and former politician in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. North ...

. She was elected in 1998 to the

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as a

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur G ...

member for Upper Bann. O'Hagan has obtained a BA (Hons) Combined Humanities (History and Politics) from the

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and an MSc in Irish Politics and a PhD from

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. Her father was prominent republican J. B. O'Hagan.

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