Years of power-sharing left in ashes of fiery dispute

The last decade at Stormont has been marked by myriad crises. The latest political drama to consume the devolved institutions is different in cause and potentially consequence. This is why.

There have been many bumps along the way for the DUP and Sinn Fein’s coalition government since their power-sharing pact of 2007.

But despite all the potholes in the intervening 10 years the show stayed on the road. Today at 5pm all that will change when a Stormont election is triggered.