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.

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.

[4] On 13 May 2022, Reilly became the first member of the Northern Ireland Assembly to give a full speech in the Irish language.