First Sisters Elected To The Oireachtas.    (N98)..1981..21.10.1981..10.21.1981..21st October 1981..Deputy Carrie Acheson and Senator Tras Honan were the first sisters ever to be elected to the Oireachtas at the same time. Senator Honan was elected to the Administrative Panel of the Seanad in 1977 and was re-elected this year. Deputy Acheson, Alderman of Clonmel Corporation, was elected to the Dáil for the first time last June, she is a company director and a member of the Irish Management Institute. Both sisters are members of Fianna Fáil...Image shows Senator Tras Honan (left) and Deputy Carrie Acheson posing for pictures at Leinster House, Dublin.
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