Sinn Fein to take control of Northern Ireland Assembly in historic vote

Sinn Fein is to become the first nationalist party to take control of the Northern Ireland Assembly in its 101-year history.

The party has 27 seats, in comparison to the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which has 24.

The most seats the DUP can return with is 25 and Michelle O’Neill is now set to become the country’s first nationalist first minister.

Voters flocked to the polls to elect 90 new members of the Legislative Assembly, with Sinn Fein winning a lion’s share of the seats.