Sinn Fein Becomes Biggest Party in Northern Ireland Assembly

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Sinn Fein, an Irish nationalist political party which has links to the Irish Republican Army (IRA), has won a historic victory by becoming the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time. In last week’s UK local elections, Sinn Fein won 27 of the 90 seats in the Stormont assembly, beating the loyalist Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) by two seats. The remaining seats went to smaller parties—the Alliance Party got 17, the Ulster Unionists (UUP) nine, the SDLP eight, with four others elected. Sinn Fein’s Vice President Michelle O’Neill, who served as deputy first minister of Northern Ireland until the DUP collapsed the power-sharing executive in February, said her party’s victory “represents a very significant moment of change” and “ushers in a new era.” ...

Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/sinn-fein ... 52911.html