Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill says ‘new opportunity to work and grow together’ as she’s appointed Northern Ireland’s first nationalist First Minister

DUP MLA Emma Little-Pengelly has been appointed as deputy First Minister.

Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill speaks to the media outside Grand Central Hotel in Belfast after a meeting with the Tanaiste. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN
Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill speaks to the media outside Grand Central Hotel in Belfast after a meeting with the Tanaiste. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN
By Jonathan McCambridge, Rebecca Black and Liam McBurney, PA