What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Peace of mind.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Any one of our home-grown feminists from the early 1900s.
Which living person do you most admire?
Any number of good people doing great things.
Which is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My inability to find one!
What is your greatest extravagance?
Diesel.
What is your favourite journey?
Any road that takes me home.
On what occasion do you lie?
I don’t.
Which living person do you most despise?
Any number of dictators who preside/presided over a totalitarian regime.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My parents.
When and where were you happiest?
At home at 9.25am on May 20 2011.
Which talent would you most like to have?
To be able to sing.
What is your current state of mind?
Busy but focused.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Being able to help a lot of people a little every day.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what do you think it would be?
A fly on a wall.
What is your most treasured possession?
My sanity!
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
A bad companion. Misery loves company.
What is your favourite occupation?
My current job.
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Honesty.
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Honesty.
Who are your favourite writers?
Wally Lamb, Mark Haddon.
What is your motto?
What you do today can improve all of your tomorrows.
Lorraine, from Athenry, is Seanad Labour Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs & Trade. See www.lorrainehiggins.com Kernan Andrews
