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The event, organised by the Ulster Farmers' Union, is also being attended by politicians as well as agricultural leaders.

But Mid Ulster, where the largest amount of money was spent, still has one of the highest numbers of potholes in Northern Ireland.

“We have been promised time and time again since 2019 that Northern Ireland will not go out of pay parity with the rest of the UK,” she told BBC’s Good Morning Ulster.

Speaking to Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme, they said the First Minister's decision left them "extremely disappointed."

At first she took jobs as a translator and as a BBC secretary, before attending Ulster University where she qualified to begin work as a social worker.