Marie Sherlock is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a

Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( ; ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish language, Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The official Engli ...

(TD) for the

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constituency since the

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. She previously served as a

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on the

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from 2020 to 2024.

Early life and education

Sherlock is from

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. She attended Colaiste An Chroi Naofa before graduating with a

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in Economics and Political Science from

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, a

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in Economics from

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, and a

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in Land Economy from the

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Political career

She represented the Cabra-

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local electoral area on

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from 2019 to 2020, and was the party's Head of Manifesto Development. At the

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, she was elected to

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on the

. She was also a researcher for the

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in the

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and was a trade union official and economic advisor to

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for over 10 years. On July 2024, Sherlock was selected by the Labour Party to contest the Dublin Central constituency at the

. Sherlock secured the final seat available at the expense of

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Personal life

She lives in

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with her husband Ciarán and their three children. Her uncle Joe Sherlock, and his son (Marie's cousin) Seán Sherlock, were also Labour TDs.

References

External links

Marie Sherlock's page on the Labour Party website
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