Aisling Reilly

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 MLA
Junior Minister Assisting the First Minister
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 October 2021
Preceded by	Fra McCann
Personal details
Political party	Sinn Féin
Website	Aisling Reilly MLA

Career

Reilly was educated in Coláiste Feirste and speaks fluent Irish.^[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]