Sinn Féin poised to become biggest party in Northern Ireland councils

Nationalist party made sweeping gains including unprecedented breakthroughs in Down and Antrim

Sinn Féin made unprecedented breakthroughs in parts of County Down and County Antrim and almost doubled its vote from the 2019 local election in Balmoral, Belfast’s most affluent ward.

Sinn Féin tapped nationalist resentment at a DUP boycott of power-sharing that has blocked Sinn Féin’s deputy leader, Michelle O’Neill, from becoming first minister. O’Neill fronted a presidential-style campaign that enticed SDLP voters to back Sinn Féin, which was an IRA mouthpiece during the Troubles.

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