Pro-Palestinian Sinn Fein becomes N. Ireland’s biggest party

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Pro-Palestinian party Sinn Fein is set to become Northern Ireland’s biggest, following the UK local and regional elections results on Friday. It made history by becoming the first nationalist party to win the most seats in the Northern Irish assembly, edging the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to second place, reported Sky News. Sinn Fein, which is active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, won a total of 27 seats and topped the first preference vote by 29 percent, which will position deputy leader Michelle O’Neill to become the region’s first nationalist minister. Leader of …

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