Sinn Féin becomes biggest party at Stormont for first time

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin northern leader Michelle O'Neill arrive at the Belfast Count. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Sinn Féin has won a historic victory in the Northern Ireland Assembly election after it became the largest party at Stormont for the first time.

The election result “ushers in a new era”, the party’s vice president Michelle O’Neill has said.