Prospect of nationalist first minister an ‘almost emotional moment’ – McDonald

Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald (left) arrives with Vice-President Michelle O'Neill (right) at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast. Picture: PA Wire

The prospect of the first nationalist first minister at Stormont is an “almost emotional moment”, according to Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald.

She was speaking after a historic election result saw her party become the first nationalist or republican party to top the poll at Stormont.