"It was a man, the late Seymour Crawford, who first nudged Heather Humphreys into politics. But ask her who shaped her most, and she points firmly to women."
"My mother, first of all, always said: 'There's nothing you can't do', says Humphreys. Just because I was a girl growing up in the 1960s, there was nothing I couldn't do. So that meant I milked cows, I drove the tractor, I helped make hay, made silage - I did every job on the farm that you could do."
Heather Humphreys entered politics after being nudged by the late Seymour Crawford but identifies women, particularly her mother, as her primary influence. Her mother instilled a belief that 'there's nothing you can't do,' fostering confidence despite growing up female in the 1960s. Humphreys learned practical farm skills including milking cows, driving the tractor, making hay and silage, and performing every job on the farm. She serves as the Fine Gael presidential candidate and maintains a strong connection to agriculture alongside her public life.
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