Education
University College Dublin.
University College Dublin.
He was elected by the Labour Panel. Hanafin is the brother of the former cabinet minister Mary Hanafin and the son of the former Senator, Des Hanafin. He was first elected to the Seanad in 2002 and re-elected in 2007.
He rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 23 November 2010.
He lost his seat at the 2011 Seanad election.
He was a member of North Tipperary County Council representing the Thurles area from 1988 to 2003.