Sinn Féin still on course to be Northern Ireland’s largest party, poll suggests

While Sinn Féin’s current deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill looks well-placed to become First Minister after May’s scheduled election, uncertainty remains over whether she would have a unionist partner to govern with in those circumstances.

Michelle O’Neill looks well-placed to become First Minister, according to the poll (Brian Lawless/PA)

Sinn Féin remains on course to emerge from Northern Ireland’s next Assembly election as the largest party, according to a new poll.

On 25%, the republican party is eight points ahead of its main unionist rivals the DUP, the LucidTalk poll commissioned by the Belfast Telegraph shows.