An Irish Republican leads the Stormont Assembly for the first time
MICHELLE O’NEILL got to work today in her first full day as Northern Ireland’s first minister as the Stormont assembly returned after a two-year boycott by unionists.
Sinn Fein leader Ms O’Neill made history as the first Irish Republican to lead Northern Ireland’s government in the restored power-sharing arrangements with unionists created by the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
“This is a historic day which represents a new dawn,” Ms O’Neill said.
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