In September 2015, Mulholland was co-opted onto Belfast City Council for the constituency of Ormiston following the resignation of Laura McNamee.[1] Prior to being co-opted, Mulholland worked as a caseworker for Alliance Party leader Naomi Long.[2]
Lisburn & Castlereagh Council (2022-23)
Mulholland, already a member of Belfast City Council, was co-opted onto Lisburn & Castlereagh Council to fill the vacancy left by David Honeyford's election to the Assembly.[3]
Member of the Legislative Assembly (2023-present)
On 6 April 2023, Mulholland was sworn in as MLA for North Antrim following the resignation of Patricia O'Lynn.[4][5]
In November 2018, Mulholland married Kieran Mullholland, a Sinn Féin councillor on the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.[2] Mulholland and her husband have two sons [7] and a daughter born five weeks before the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly.[8]