Ruane tops poll and urges DUP to end excuses

Sinn Féin’s Caitriona Ruane topped the poll in South Down with a firm warning to the DUP to meet the March 26 deadline for power sharing.

Polling a handful of votes short of the 6,588 quota, Ruane said: “The date we’re looking at is March 26. The DUP need to stop making excuses. They wanted this election and they got it and this is their mandate from their people.”