A Belfast MLA has shared the news that she is expecting a baby boy having previously lost a child in pregnancy.
Sinn Fein's Órlaithí Flynn took to social media on Saturday to share the personal news saying she hoped it would give 'at least one person a small bit of hope or comfort'.
The West Belfast representative opened up in the post about how she had been on her own difficult journey in a bid to conceive including surgery and IVF.