NI POLITICS

Council election results send message that Stormont must return – Sinn Fein

Sinn Fein lead the way with 47 councillors elected. The DUP was next on 35, the cross-community Alliance Party had 15, the Ulster Unionists 11, the SDLP six, with six others

Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill and Mary Lou McDonald posing for a selfie at Belfast City Hall