{{Short description|Northern Irish politician (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Emma Rogan | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Emma Rogan MLA (close cropped).jpg | caption = | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly<br />for South Down | assembly = Northern Ireland | term_start = 20 June 2017 | term_end = 28 March 2022 <!-- The Assembly was dissolved on 28 March at 0:01am, not 27 March --> | predecessor = Chris Hazzard | successor = Cathy Mason
| birth_name = <!-- Waiting for NI Assembly info to be updated --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|6|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Sinn Féin | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = }} '''Emma Rogan''' (born 27 June 1986)<ref name="nia" /> is a former Sinn Féin politician from Loughinisland, County Down, in Northern Ireland. She attended St Colmcille's High School, Crossgar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Emma Rogan |url=https://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/45537 |website=Sinn Fein |access-date=24 June 2022 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624195036/https://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/45537 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
She served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the South Down constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly from June 2017 to 2022.<ref name="newmlas" />
Rogan was co-opted to the Assembly to replace Chris Hazzard,<ref name="co-opted" /> a Sinn Féin MLA and former Minister for Infrastructure. Hazzard was elected at the June 2017 Westminster election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Down.<ref name="hazzard" /> Sinn Féin's South Down cumann then selected Rogan to fill his place.<ref name="down" />
On her selection as MLA, Rogan described herself "a Loughinisland woman through and through", but that she would be "an MLA for all of South Down".<ref name="daughter" /> She said that her initial priorities included protecting services in the Downe Hospital in Downpatrick, and "to restore Downpatrick as a thriving county town".<ref name="daughter" /><ref name="co-opted" />
In May 2021, Sinn Féin announced its two candidates for South Down at the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election.<ref name="irish-news-rogan-deselected" /> Rogan was not one of the two, having been deselected in favour of Councillor Cathy Mason.<ref name="irish-news-rogan-deselected" /><ref name="bbc-rogan-deselected" />
In March 2022, the ''Belfast Telegraph'' reported that Rogan had not spoken in the Assembly for over a year.<ref name="rogan-absent" /> In the same period she had attended no meeting of two committees on which she sat, missing 45 meetings of the Justice Committee and 13 meetings of the Audit Committee.<ref name="rogan-absent" /> Rogan did not respond to queries from the ''Belfast Telegraph''.<ref name="rogan-no-reply" />
== Loughinisland Justice campaign == thumb|left|upright|The scene of the massacre In June 1994, Rogan was 7 years old when her 34-year-old<ref name="attacks" /> father Adrian Rogan<ref name="families" /> was killed in the Loughinisland massacre.<ref name="co-opted" /> People had gathered in The Heights Bar (some reporting calls the building O'Toole's Pub) in Loughinisland to watch the Republic of Ireland team playing in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, when masked gunmen of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) entered and opened fire.<ref name="bbc-2009-06-18-uvf-atrocities" /> Six people were killed and five wounded,<ref name="bbc-2009-06-18-uvf-atrocities" /> but nobody was ever charged with their deaths.<ref name="thedetail-police-ignored" />
Before becoming an MLA, Emma was a campaigner with the Loughinisland Justice Group,<ref name="daughter" /> which works to uncover the truth of the attacks.<ref name="families" /> Allegations persisted that the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) knew that its own double agents or informers were linked to the massacre and that RUC protected the killers by destroying evidence and failing to carry out a proper investigation.<ref name="Observer" />
In June 2016, the Police Ombudsman reported that there had been collusion between some police officers and the loyalist gunmen.<ref name="families" /> The murder squad which attacked the Heights Bar had also not been arrested for previous killings because the RUC Special Branch had withheld information from detectives investigating the crimes.<ref name="daughter" /> Rogan said that the Ombudsman's report "vindicates our long-held suspicions and belief that the truth of these murders was being covered up."<ref name="families" />
In August 2016, Rogan welcomed a forthcoming documentary film about the massacre by American director Alex Gibney, describing it as permanent memory to the victims.<ref name="movie" /> The film is named ''"No Stone Unturned"'', after a comment by Emma's mother Claire Rogan<ref name="irishtimes" /> that police had promised the families there would be "no stone unturned" in the investigation into the massacre.<ref name="movie" /> However, the film's planned world premiere at the April 2017 Tribeca Film Festival was postponed due to "ongoing legal issues relating to the subject matter of the film".<ref name="hollywoodrep" />
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<ref name="newmlas">{{cite web |title=New MLAs |url=http://www.eoni.org.uk/News/New-MLAs |website=The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland |access-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825071000/http://www.eoni.org.uk/News/New-MLAs |archive-date=25 August 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
<ref name="nia">{{cite web | url=http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/mlas/details.aspx?&aff=13737&per=6160&sel=1&ind=16&prv=0 | title=Ms Emma Rogan | website=Northern Ireland Assembly website | access-date=17 July 2017 | archive-date=17 July 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717021851/http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/mlas/details.aspx?&aff=13737&per=6160&sel=1&ind=16&prv=0 | url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="daughter">{{cite news |url = http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/daughter-of-loughinisland-victim-vows-to-represent-all-as-sinn-fein-mla-35835754.html |title = Daughter of Loughinisland victim vows to represent all as Sinn Fein MLA |date = 17 June 2017 |first = Noel |last = McAdam |newspaper = Belfast Telegraph |access-date = 17 July 2017 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20170717094004/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/daughter-of-loughinisland-victim-vows-to-represent-all-as-sinn-fein-mla-35835754.html |archive-date = 17 July 2017 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="co-opted">{{cite news | url = http://www.irishnews.com/news/2017/06/17/news/emma-rogan-co-opted-to-replace-chris-hazzard-in-south-down-1058756/ | title = Emma Rogan co-opted to replace Chris Hazzard as South Down Sinn Féin assembly member | date =16 June 2017 | first = Claire | last = Simpson | newspaper = The Irish News |location=Belfast | access-date = 17 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170717094911/http://www.irishnews.com/news/2017/06/17/news/emma-rogan-co-opted-to-replace-chris-hazzard-in-south-down-1058756/ | archive-date = 17 July 2017 }}</ref>
<ref name="irish-news-rogan-deselected">{{cite news |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2021/05/19/news/south-down-mla-emma-rogan-not-chosen-as-sinn-fe-in-election-candidate-2326799/ |title=South Down MLA Emma Rogan not chosen as Sinn Féin election candidate |last=Simpson |first=Claire |newspaper = The Irish News |location=Belfast |date=19 May 2021 |access-date=24 May 2021 |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519171032/https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2021/05/19/news/south-down-mla-emma-rogan-not-chosen-as-sinn-fe-in-election-candidate-2326799/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="bbc-rogan-deselected">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57171113 |title=Emma Rogan: Sinn Féin deselects MLA in South Down |date=19 May 2021 |first=Jayne |last=McCormack |work=BBC News |access-date=11 October 2022 |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519102522/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57171113 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="bbc-2009-06-18-uvf-atrocities">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6617329.stm |title=UVF's catalogue of atrocities |date=18 June 2009 |access-date=25 August 2017 |work=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030032814/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6617329.stm |archive-date=30 October 2013 }}</ref>
<ref name="thedetail-police-ignored">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedetail.tv/articles/police-ignored-my-evidence-says-loughinisland-eyewitness |title='Police ignored my evidence' says Loughinisland eyewitness |work=The Detail |access-date=2017-08-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170905023549/http://www.thedetail.tv/articles/police-ignored-my-evidence-says-loughinisland-eyewitness |archive-date=5 September 2017 }}</ref>
<ref name="hazzard">{{cite news | url = http://www.irishnews.com/news/2017/06/01/news/westminster-2017-south-down-1041297/ | title = Constituency Profile: Chris Hazzard wins South Down | date =9 June 2017 | first = Suzanne | last = McGonagle | newspaper = The Irish News |location=Belfast | access-date = 17 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170717103351/http://www.irishnews.com/news/2017/06/01/news/westminster-2017-south-down-1041297/ | archive-date = 17 July 2017 }}</ref>
<ref name="families">{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-36486785 | title = Loughinisland: Families call for justice and accountability | date =9 June 2016 | newspaper = BBC News | access-date = 17 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160613102947/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-36486785 | archive-date = 13 June 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="Observer">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/sep/13/ruc-informers-loughinisland-massacre |title=RUC informers 'knew about Loughinisland shootings' |newspaper=The Observer |location=London |language=en |date=3 September 2009 |first=Henry |last=McDonald |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830110456/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/sep/13/ruc-informers-loughinisland-massacre |archive-date=30 August 2017 }}</ref>
<ref name="attacks">{{cite news | url = http://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/26909 | title = Loughinisland victim's daughter calls SDLP attacks on Chris Hazzard 'disgusting' | date =1 June 2017 | newspaper = An Phoblacht |location=Dublin | access-date = 17 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170702021055/http://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/26909 | archive-date = 2 July 2017 }}</ref>
<ref name="movie">{{cite news | url = http://belfastmediagroup.com/new-massacre-movie-to-be-seen-across-the-world/ | title = New massacre movie to be seen across the world | date =19 August 2016 | first = Evan | last = Short | newspaper = Belfast Media Group | access-date = 17 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160820175212/http://belfastmediagroup.com/new-massacre-movie-to-be-seen-across-the-world/ | archive-date = 20 August 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="irishtimes">{{cite news | url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/six-men-dead-the-world-cup-massacre-1.1831478 | title = Six men dead: the World Cup massacre | date = 14 June 2014 | first = Keith | last = Duggan | newspaper = Irish Times | access-date = 17 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140615220102/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/six-men-dead-the-world-cup-massacre-1.1831478 | archive-date = 15 June 2014 }}</ref>
<ref name="hollywoodrep">{{cite news | url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alex-gibneys-doc-no-stone-unturned-doc-withdrawn-tribeca-2017-994148 | title = Tribeca: Alex Gibney's Doc 'No Stone Unturned' Withdrawn | date = 14 April 2017 | first = Ashley | last = Lee | newspaper = The Hollywood Reporter | access-date = 17 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170421055137/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alex-gibneys-doc-no-stone-unturned-doc-withdrawn-tribeca-2017-994148 | archive-date = 21 April 2017 }}</ref>
<ref name="down">{{cite news | url = http://www.downnews.co.uk/emma-rogan-selected-as-south-down-sinn-fein-mla/ | title = Emma Rogan Selected As South Down Sinn Féin MLA | date =17 June 2017 | newspaper = Down News | access-date = 17 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170718002850/http://www.downnews.co.uk/emma-rogan-selected-as-south-down-sinn-fein-mla/ | archive-date = 18 July 2017 }}</ref>
<ref name="rogan-absent">{{cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/sinn-fein-mla-emma-rogan-absent-for-almost-60-committee-meetings-41481702.html |title=Sinn Fein MLA Emma Rogan absent for almost 60 committee meetings |first=Suzanne |last=Breen |date=24 March 2022 |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph |issn=0307-5664 |location=Belfast |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324065510/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/sinn-fein-mla-emma-rogan-absent-for-almost-60-committee-meetings-41481702.html |language=en |access-date=11 October 2022 |archive-date=24 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="rogan-no-reply">{{cite tweet |user=SuzyJourno |first=Suzanne |last=Breen |date=24 March 2022 |number=1506911984293486593 |title=Of course, I did. Tried to make contact several times, no reply |access-date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011041300/https://twitter.com/SuzyJourno/status/1506911984293486593 |archive-date=11 October 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|qid=Q41616600|id=tt6781498|title= No Stone Unturned|description = (2017 film)}} * [https://www.facebook.com/pg/Loughinisland-Justice-Group-165497270183419 Loughinisland Justice Group] on Facebook
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rogan, Emma}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Sinn Féin MLAs Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022 Category:Female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly Category:Politicians from County Down Category:People from Loughinisland