Sinn Féin on track to be largest party in Northern Ireland assembly
by Rory Carroll in Belfast and Lisa O'Carroll in Magh from World news | The Guardian on (#5YYTK)
Projections put party ahead of DUP in what would be symbolic breakthrough for Irish nationalism
Sinn Fein appears on track to become the largest party in Northern Ireland's Stormont assembly in a symbolic breakthrough for Irish nationalism, according to incomplete election results on Friday.
Projections put Sinn Fein ahead of the Democratic Unionist party (DUP). If confirmed in final results, it would let the party make history and deliver a shock to unionism by nominating the party's leader, Michelle O'Neill, as first minister.
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