Aisling Reilly () is an Irish

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur G ...

politician. In 2021 Aisling replaced Fra McCann as an MLA representing the Northern Irish Assembly constituency of West Belfast. Reilly was educated in

Coláiste Feirste Coláiste Feirste is the only secondary-level Irish-medium school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Previously known as ''Méanscoil Feirste'', the (Irish language school) is located in the west of the city in a new facility on Belfast's Falls R ...

and speaks fluent

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

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