Áine Murphy Explained

Áine Murphy
Honorific-Suffix:	MLA
Constituency Am:	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Assembly:	Northern Ireland
Term Start:	5 July 2021
Predecessor:	Seán Lynch
Party:	Sinn Féin
Residence:	Lisnaskea
Website:	Áine Murphy MLA

Áine Murphy MLA is a Sinn Féin politician who has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone since 2021.^[1]

Political career

Murphy was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly in July 2021 for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, succeeding Sean Lynch who had retired.

In March 2022, she introduced a fracking prohibition bill.^[2]

At the 2022 Assembly election, Murphy was re-elected to the Assembly on the eighth and final count with 7,379 first-preference votes (13.73%).^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Áine Murphy begins as new Fermanagh South Tyrone MLA. 2021-09-21. Impartial Reporter. 11 July 2021 . en.
2. Web site: 2022-03-02 . Fracking prohibition Bill unlikely to be passed this Assembly term . 2022-04-11 . The Independent . en.
3. News: Fermanagh and South Tyrone result - Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 2022. BBC News .