Emma Sheerin

Emma Sheerin (born 1991/92)[1] is an Irish Sinn Féin politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. Since 2018 she has been MLA for Mid Ulster.[2][3]

Emma Sheerin

MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Mid Ulster
Assumed office
4 December 2018
Preceded byIan Milne
Personal details
BornCounty Londonderry, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partySinn Féin
ResidenceKnockloughrim

Background

Sheerin is a native of Ballinascreen.

Political career
Sheerin's Mid Ulster constituency, west of Lough Neagh and containing Magherafelt, Coalisland and Cookstown.[4]

For several years, Sheerin was a member of and Sinn Féin's Cúige Uladh Officer Board and the Ard Chomhairle.

Aged 26, she was selected to take Ian Milne's seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly for Mid Ulster.[5] She was later named as Equality Spokesperson. However, she has yet to actually take her seat, as the Assembly is collapsed.[6]

Since 31 March 2020, she is serving as a Committee member for Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response.[7]

Personal life

Sheerin lives in Knockloughrim.[8]

References
  1. "Sinn Féin co-opt Emma Sheerin in Mid Ulster". The Irish News. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. "Emma Sheerin selected as MLA for Mid Ulster" – via facebook.com.
  3. "Emma Sheerin MLA, Mid Ulster". TheyWorkForYou.
  4. "Mid Ulster constituency profile: Jobs the major talking point".
  5. "Emma Sheerin selected to replace Ian Milne". sinnfein.ie.
  6. "Sheerin urges support for Belfast Pride march". sinnfein.ie.
  7. "The Northern Ireland Assembly". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  8. "The Northern Ireland Assembly". Government of the United Kingdom.
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by
Ian Milne		 MLA for Mid Ulster
2018–present		 Incumbent
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