Aisling Reilly Explained

Aisling Reilly (^[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.

Career

Reilly 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: December 2012 . Nuachtlitir Choláiste Feirste . Coláiste Feirste Newsletter . Yumpu . Coláiste Feirste . 3 . GA.
2. Web site: Handball champ selected by Sinn Féin to replace west Belfast MLA Fra McCann . The Irish News . 14 October 2021 . 8 November 2021.
3. Web site: Sinn Féin nominate Aisling Reilly as new West Belfast MLA. 2021-11-08. www.sinnfein.ie.
4. Web site: 7 May 2022 . Election 2022: More of the same from SF in West Belfast . News Letter.
5. Web site: An chéad óráid go hiomlán i nGaeilge i Stormont. The Irish News . 13 May 2022 . 13 May 2022.