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Michelle O’Neill pledged "a genuine honest effort" to work with unionist colleagues.
A Sinn Fein victory could bring its goal of a united Ireland a step closer, though its campaign has focused more in immediate concerns like skyrocketing cost of living.
Sinn Fein, the party historically linked to the Irish Republican Army, bested centrist parties Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.
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He was deputy first minister of Northern Ireland for a decade.
"The British government as a direct result have forfeited any mandate to represent the interests of people here in the north of Ireland."
Ireland is the latest European nation to be swept into turmoil over austerity.