Aisling Reilly (Irish: Aisling Ní Raghallaigh[1]) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician, who has served as a Junior Minister in the Executive of the 7th Northern Ireland Assembly since 2024. She has served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast West since 2021.
Aisling Reilly | |
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| Junior Minister Assisting the First Minister | |
| Assumed office 3 February 2024 Serving with Pam Cameron | |
| First Minister | Michelle O'Neill |
| Preceded by | Gary Middleton (2022) |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for West Belfast | |
| Assumed office 19 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Fra McCann |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Website | Aisling Reilly MLA |
Career
editReilly was educated in Coláiste Feirste and speaks fluent Gaelic.[1]
Reilly was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly in October 2021, replacing veteran MLA Fra McCann, as a Member for Belfast West.[2][3]
She was re-elected to the Assembly at the 2022 election.[4]
On 13 May 2022, Reilly became the first member of the Northern Ireland Assembly to give a full speech in the Irish language.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Nuachtlitir Choláiste Feirste" [Coláiste Feirste Newsletter]. Yumpu (in Irish). Coláiste Feirste. December 2012. p. 3.
- ^ "Handball champ selected by Sinn Féin to replace west Belfast MLA Fra McCann". The Irish News. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "Sinn Féin nominate Aisling Reilly as new West Belfast MLA". www.sinnfein.ie. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "Election 2022: More of the same from SF in West Belfast". News Letter. 7 May 2022.
- ^ "An chéad óráid go hiomlán i nGaeilge i Stormont". The Irish News. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
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