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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Amanda Ferguson and Clodagh Kilcoyne

Belfast takes Sinn Fein's historic election win in its stride

FILE PHOTO: Sinn Fein deputy leader Michelle O'Neill and party leader Mary Louise McDonald speak to media at the Meadowbank Sports Arena count centre, in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland, May 7, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

Irish nationalists in Belfast toasted Sinn Fein's historic election victory on Sunday while pro-British neighbours quietly fumed, but there was little sign the weekend's political earthquake was about to rock this once-troubled city.

In a victory that would have been unimaginable a few decades ago, the former political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on Saturday became the first Irish nationalist party to take top spot in elections to the British-run region's parliament.

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