Voting gets under way in Stormont Assembly election
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This year a number of opinion polls have suggested that Sinn Fein will finish ahead of the DUP to become the first nationalist or republican party to emerge top. The Northern Ireland Protocol has cast a long shadow over the election campaign following the resignation of First Minister Paul Givan in February in an effort to force the UK government to act over the post-Brexit trading arrangements. Sinn Fein’s Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill has said she wants to be a First Minister for all, describing the election as a “moment in history” and one for “real change”. The Irish Republican Socialist Party and the Socialist Party are each running two candidates, while the Northern Ireland Conservatives, Cross Community Labour Alliance, Resume NI and Heritage Party are each running one candidate.
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