Emma Sheerin is 29, from Ballinascreen in South Derry, the daughter of a sheep farmer and an Irish language class– room assistant.
Having attended St Columba’s Primary in Straw and St Colm’s High, Ballinascreen, she then graduated with a 2:1 in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Queens University Belfast. She worked in retail and finance before spending time as PA to Francie Molloy MP, where her on the ground activism was consolidated with the workings of the constit- uency.
Growing up, she took inspiration from the work of the local Sinn Féin team, and she joined the party as a teen, deter– mined to play her part in establishing a new, fair and United Ireland.
She replaced Ian Milne as MLA in December 2018 and has been a voice for rural constituents since, representing South Derry and prioritising local delivery on, and support with; broadband, roads, healthcare, schools, and every– thing in between.
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Sheerin backs call for public enquiry into Sean Brown killing
Sinn Féin MLA Emma Sheerin has welcomed news that the coroner will write to the British Secretary of State requesting a public inquiry into the murder of Sean Brown. The Mid Ulster MLA said: “Sean Brown’s family are entitled to truth and justice, and after 27 years it...
Inhumane Tory ‘Migration’ Bill latest in a string of anti-rights legislation – Sheerin
Sinn Féin MLA Emma Sheerin tonight said the Tory ‘Migration’ Bill which passed today is cruel and inhumane and the latest in a string of anti-rights legislation from this British government.
Sheerin slams Tory ‘Migration Bill’ as an attack on people seeking refugev
Sinn Féin MLA Emma Sheerin has condemned the British government’s ‘Migration Bill’ as another attack on vulnerable people fleeing war and persecution.