Some 22 years after the co-founder of the SDLP bowed out of politics, his 45-year-old daughter Emer Currie walked ... In June 2020, Ms Currie was appointed a senator as a taoiseach’s nominee.

Some 22 years after the co-founder of the SDLP bowed out of politics, his 45-year-old daughter Emer Currie walked ... In June 2020, Ms Currie was appointed a senator as a taoiseach’s nominee.

Ms Gildernew expressed her condolences on Twitter. "Thinking of Senator Emer Currie, her mother Annita, and all the family on the death of a loving father and husband, Austin Currie," she said.

Currie never openly backed Sumter in the Senate contest, but he has had a close relationship with her for many years, often calling her his “goddaughter.” That bond and Currie’s stature ...

Taoiseach’s office insists ‘misogyny’ was not a factor and that appointments were made based on ‘suitability’ Niamh Smyth, Emer Currie, Marian Harkin and Emer Higgins Tánaiste Simon ...