Sinn Féin has opportunity to become largest party in Northern Ireland councils, says McDonald

The DUP is currently the largest party in local government, with 122 seats to 105 for Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin Party leader Mary Lou McDonald speaking at the Titanic Hotel in Belfast during the launch for the Sinn Fein candidates for the NI Council Elections 2023 (Liam McBurney/PA)

Sinn Féin has the opportunity to become the largest party in councils in Northern Ireland in next month’s local government elections, Mary Lou McDonald has said.

The party president said one of the themes in the election would be “frustration” from voters at the continual DUP block on the operation of the powersharing institutions at Stormont.