FERMANAGH South Tyrone has a new Sinn Féin MLA – Áine Murphy, a native of Lisnaskea, who has been co-opted into the Northern Ireland Assembly seat left vacant last week by Séan Lynch.
Miss Murphy began her official duties in the Chamber on Monday morning after she signed the roll of members.
Signing the roll of members, and officially becoming an MLA, was an “emotional experience” for Áine.
Reflecting on the “magnitude of the situation” she said: “It was very emotional for us as a family and I thought of my late dad, Jonathan Murphy, who brought me to my first Cumann meeting in Lisnaskea.”