Kathy Sheridan is a
journalist
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Roles
Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...
with ''
The Irish Times
''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is Ireland's leading n ...
''.
She won the title of features writer at the National Newspapers of Ireland's Journalism Awards for 2011.
Her father
Joe Sheridan
Joseph Michael Sheridan (27 November 1914 – 30 September 2000) was an Irish politician, originally with Fine Gael but for most of his career an independent.
Sheridan came from Colmcille in County Longford, and had three brothers and two sist ...
was an
independent
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TD for
Longford–Westmeath from 1961 to 1981. Her daughter,
Mary-Kate, is a musician, best known as the lead singer in rock band
Fight Like Apes
Fight Like Apes (also referred to as FLApes or FLA) are an Irish alternative rock band formed in Dublin in 2006.
Their final lineup consisted of Mary-Kate " MayKay" Geraghty (vocals and synth), Jamie "Pockets" Fox (keyboard and vocals), Conor G ...
.
In 2012, she wrote about tens of thousands of Irish women who travelled abroad for their abortions.
Book
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References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Irish women journalists
The Irish Times people
21st-century Irish journalists
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