Tributes paid to ‘bright and talented’ schoolgirl named as ninth Strep A victim

Stella-Lily McCorkindale (pictured) was a pupil at Black Mountain Primary School in Belfast

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Tributes have been paid to a “bright and talented” schoolgirl who died after contracting Strep A in Northern Ireland.

Stella-Lily McCorkindale, 5, had been receiving treatment at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children after catching the invasive infection last week.