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Sinn Fein again sweep past unionists in N Ireland vote

Sinn Fein's Northern Ireland leader Michelle O'Neill wants the DUP to end a boycott of the assembly. Photo: AAP

Irish nationalists Sinn Fein have followed up last year’s historic Northern Ireland Assembly victory by overtaking their unionist rivals by a wide margin in council elections to become the biggest party at local level for the first time.

It is the latest political milestone for the former political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) who want to leave the United Kingdom and form a united Ireland.

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