John Gerard Hanafin (born 27 September 1960)[2] is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician, who was a member of Seanad Éireann from 2002 to 2011.
[5] On 7 July 2010, he resigned the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party whip, along with Labhrás Ó Murchú and Jim Walsh, in protest at the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 which gave some legal recognition to same-sex couples.
[9] In September 2015, Hanafin was appointed as Honorary Consul to the Russian Federation in Thurles, County Tipperary.
[12] At the Fianna Fáil Árd Fheis in 2017, Hanafin advocated again for retention of the 8th Amendment, linking abortion to a lack of supply of babies for adoption.
[13] In November 2017, Hanafin entered talks with serving politicians about establishing a rural, anti-abortion political party.