He played Gaelic football with his local club Lispole and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1969 until 1973.
During his school days he trained some of the biggest names in Gaelic football including Darragh, Tomás & Marc Ó Sé, Dara Ó Cinnéide, Tommy Griffin & Diarmuid Murphy to name just a few.
He is a brother of former Socialist Party TD and former MEP for the Dublin constituency Joe Higgins.
He taught Business Studies and Accounting in Dingle CBS.
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