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Michelle O’Neill: Assembly election result ushers in new era

The Assembly election result in Northern Ireland “ushers in a new era”, Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill has said. As counting continued into Saturday evening, the republican party appeared to be closing in on a historic victory by ...

07 May 2022 at 19:25

Northern Ireland

Easton calls for unionist convention after topping poll in North Down

Former DUP MLA Alex Easton has called for an urgent convention of unionism to be organised. Mr Easton, who stood in the 2017 election as a DUP candidate, topped the poll as an independent candidate in North Down with 9,568 votes. He said: ...

07 May 2022 at 19:25

Sinn Fein forges new electoral landscape, but NI still faces uncertain future

While the opinion polls have been predicting it for many months, the achievement appeared to be no less seismic when the results finally began to trickle through. Sinn Fein has swept aside many years of history and is on course to become ...

07 May 2022 at 18:55

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein, DUP and Alliance leaders top polls in Stormont election

Michelle O’Neill has topped the poll for Sinn Fein in Mid-Ulster, becoming one of the first MLAs elected in what could be a historic Assembly election. Both Sinn Fein and the Alliance Party are expected to have a good day, with Alliance ...

06 May 2022 at 18:25

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein set for best Assembly election result with most first-preference votes

Sinn Fein is on course for its best ever result in a Northern Ireland Assembly election after receiving the most first-preference votes. With counting for the 90 Stormont seats continuing on Friday evening, the republican party had won ...

06 May 2022 at 20:55

Liz Truss says she ‘will not shy away’ from taking action on Northern Ireland Protocol

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Liz Truss ‘will not shy away’ from taking action on Northern Ireland Protocol

The Foreign Secretary has said the UK “will not shy away” from taking action on the Northern Ireland Protocol after the Prime Minister indicated the situation was “now very serious”. Liz Truss said some proposals put forward by the ...

11 May 2022 at 16:33

Situation surrounding Northern Ireland Protocol now very serious – Johnson

The situation surrounding the Northern Ireland Protocol is “now very serious”, the Prime Minister has indicated. Boris Johnson spoke with Irish premier Micheal Martin about the post-Brexit arrangements on Tuesday morning. In a ...

10 May 2022 at 13:25

Northern Ireland

Declan Kearney hails positive Sinn Fein campaign as he tops South Antrim poll

Declan Kearney from Sinn Fein said Northern Ireland needed to move forward with a “First Minister for all” after he topped the poll in the South Antrim constituency. He easily exceeded the 7,623 quota with 9,185 first ...

07 May 2022 at 05:25

Counting set to resume in NI Assembly with Sinn Fein poised for historic victory

Counting is set to resume in the Northern Ireland Assembly election later with Sinn Fein firmly on course to emerge as the largest Stormont party. When counting was suspended on Friday night, just 49 of the 90 seats ...

07 May 2022 at 03:55

Assembly election result ushers in new era: Michelle O’Neill

The Assembly election result in Northern Ireland “ushers in a new era”, Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill has said. As counting continued on Saturday afternoon, the republican party appeared to be closing ...

07 May 2022 at 17:55

Long says ‘nothing can be achieved’ if Stormont does not go back to work

Alliance Party leader Naomi Long has said nothing can be delivered without government in Northern Ireland after her party enjoyed historic success in the Assembly election. Meanwhile, Ulster Unionist leader Doug ...

07 May 2022 at 16:25

Counting resumes in NI Assembly election with Sinn Fein poised for victory

Counting has resumed in the Northern Ireland Assembly election with Sinn Fein firmly on course to emerge as the largest Stormont party. When counting was suspended on Friday night, just 47 of the 90 seats had ...

07 May 2022 at 10:25

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