DUBLIN — Sinn Fein looked set to secure a significant victory in elections for Northern Ireland’s assembly, a historic first for a nationalist party.
As counting continued for a second day, Sinn Fein had received the largest number of first-preference votes on was on course to win the largest number of seats in the assembly, known as Stormont. A victory for Sinn Fein, once the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, would suggest a major shift in the region’s political balance.
“Today represents a very significant moment of change,” said Michelle O’Neill, Sinn Fein’s vice president and its leader in Northern Ireland. “It’s a defining moment for politics and for people.”
