Órlaithí Flynn
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Órlaithí Flynn MLA |
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Flynn in 2017
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| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast West |
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Assumed office 7 December 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Jennifer McCann |
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| Born | 1 January 1988 |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
Órlaithí Flynn (born 1 January 1988) is an Irish politician and MLA who represents Belfast West in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The daughter of Patrick Flynn, a well-known Provisional IRA veteran in West Belfast, Flynn was educated at St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls before studying politics at the University of Ulster. She then completed a master's degree in Irish politics at Queen's University Belfast.
Flynn joined Sinn Féin as a teenager. She worked as an adviser to a succession of politicians: Rosie McCorley, Sue Ramsey and, finally, Alex Maskey. In 2016, she was selected by the party to become a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast West, replacing Jennifer McCann. and was re-elected in the assembly elections of March 2017.
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