[3] During her time there she was Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Reform and Foreign Affairs.

She unsuccessfully contested the 2016 Irish general election for the Galway East constituency.

[6] In March 2017, Higgins became employed as Head of Public Affairs and Communications and as a board member with Retail Excellence.

[citation needed] In August 2020, she attended a golf party in County Galway which breached the COVID-19 guidelines.

[8] During the summer of 2015, a man named Stephen French of Walkinstown sent her messages involving violent and anti-Semitic content, saying that he "will watch her bleed" and that he is "going to blow her fucking Jew nose right off".