Emma Sheerin Explained

Emma Sheerin
Honorific-Suffix:	MLA
Office:	Member of the Legislative Assembly for Mid Ulster
Assembly:	Northern Ireland
Term Start:	4 December 2018
Predecessor:	Ian Milne
Birth Place:	County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Nationality:	Irish
Party:	Sinn Féin
Residence:	Ballinascreen

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

Background

Sheerin is a native of Ballinascreen where she attended St Colm's High School. She then proceeded to Queen's University, Belfast where she obtained a degree in Politics.^[4]

Political career

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.

Personal life

Sheerin lives in Ballinascreen.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018-11-24. Sinn Féin co-opt Emma Sheerin in Mid Ulster. 2020-07-07. The Irish News. en.
2. Web site: Emma Sheerin selected as MLA for Mid Ulster. facebook.com.
3. Web site: Emma Sheerin MLA, Mid Ulster. TheyWorkForYou.
4. Web site: Emma Sheerin . Sinn Fein . 24 June 2022.
5. Web site: Emma Sheerin selected to replace Ian Milne. sinnfein.ie.
6. Web site: The Northern Ireland Assembly. Government of the United Kingdom.