Eoghan Harris

Eoghan Harris
Senator
In office August 2007 – April 2011
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born	1943 (age 73–74) Douglas,County Cork
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Workers' Party of Ireland Fianna Fáil
Spouse(s)	Gwendoline Halley Anne Harris (div.)
Alma mater	University College Cork

Eoghan Harris (born 1943) is an Irish journalist, fiction writer, director, columnist and politician. He currently writes for the Sunday Independent newspaper. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 2007 to 2011, having been nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern.

Harris has held posts in various and diverse political parties throughout his career. Previously a Marxist theoretician of the Workers' Party of Ireland and its predecessor, Official Sinn Féin, he now says that he abhors Marxism. He has also been a short-lived adviser to John Bruton, before he became Taoiseach; an adviser to the Ulster Unionist Party; and most recently a supporter of the Fianna Fáil-led government of Bertie Ahern. At one stage an Irish republican, Harris is now a bitter critic of modern-day Sinn Féin. His critics accuse him of demonstrating ideological malleability, hypocrisy, neoconservatism and inconsistency. He is also noted for his screenwriting work; he lectures at IADT, the Irish national film school, and teaches a screenwriting workshop. Harris is also a judge on the Irish language talent show Glas Vegas, on TG4.

Harris was born in Douglas, County Cork, a village on the outskirts of Cork city, in 1943. He was educated at University College Cork (UCC) where he studied English and History. He later worked at Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the Irish national television broadcaster, on current affairs programmes such as 7 Days and Féach. He also made a documentary on mental illness, entitled Darkness Visible.

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