In 1989, she moved to the United States with her mother, Dee, and her younger brother, Andrew.
[4][5] As a result of Dee's alcoholism, McSharry and her brother were placed in the custody of their aunt and uncle, Ger and Ruaidhrí, who also lived in Chicago.
[11] McSharry began her radio career at Newstalk before moving to iRadio in Galway.
[12] In 2016, she published a memoir, Fat Chance: My Life in Ups and Downs and Crisp Sandwiches.
[16][17] She married Gordon Spierin in 2015 at Ballinacurra House in Kinsale, County Cork.