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Sinn Fein eyes historic win in Northern Ireland election

Jeffrey Donaldson leader of the Democratic Unionist Party speaks to the media while out canvassing in Holywood on the outskirts of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, May 2, 2022. The DUP leader was out election campaigning ahead of Thursday's local election. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Jeffrey Donaldson leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, right speaks to people while out canvassing in Holywood on the outskirts of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, May 2, 2022. The DUP leader was out election campaigning ahead of Thursday's local election. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Election posters hang from lamp posts in the mainly Loyalist Newtownards road area of East Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, May 2, 2022, ahead of the May 5, 2022 local elections. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Michelle O'Neill Sinn Fein leader in Northern Ireland out canvassing in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The Sinn Fein election team were out election campaigning ahead of Thursdays local election. Sinn Fein, a force in Irish republicanism on both sides of the Irish border looks likely to become the largest party in the assembly, according to polls ahead of the May 5, 2022 local elections. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Election posters hang from lamp posts in the mainly Loyalist Newtownards road area of East Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, May 2, 2022. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has always been the largest force in Northern Ireland's previous Parliament and it's current assembly. That could change as Sinn Fein, a force in Irish republicanism on both sides of the Irish border looks likely to become the largest party in the assembly, according to polls ahead of the May 5, 2022 local elections. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Fein leader in Northern Ireland, speaks to the media while out canvassing in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The Sinn Fein election team were out election campaigning ahead of Thursdays local election. Sinn Fein, a force in Irish republicanism on both sides of the Irish border looks likely to become the largest party in the assembly, according to polls ahead of the May 5, 2022 local elections. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Jeffrey Donaldson leader of the Democratic Unionist Party reactw while canvassing in Holywood on the outskirts of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, May 2, 2022. The DUP leader was out election campaigning ahead of Thursday's local election. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Fein leader in Northern Ireland, holds Setanta Maguibhir while out canvassing in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The Sinn Fein election team were out election campaigning ahead of Thursdays local election. Sinn Fein, a force in Irish republicanism on both sides of the Irish border looks likely to become the largest party in the assembly, according to polls ahead of the May 5, 2022 local elections. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Jeffrey Donaldson leader of the Democratic Unionist Party smiles while out canvassing in Holywood on the outskirts of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, May 2, 2022. The DUP leader was out election campaigning ahead of Thursday's local election. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) A Sinn Fein election poster hangs from a lamp post in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Sinn Fein, a force in Irish republicanism on both sides of the Irish border looks likely to become the largest party in the assembly, according to polls ahead of the May 5, 2022 local elections. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Sinn Fein eyes historic win in Northern Ireland election