Northern Ireland
Seismic shifts leave the big players at a crossroads
The DUP has softened its tone about having Michelle O’Neill of Sinn Féin as First Minister, but as the dust settles from Thursday’s vote, there is still considerable work to be done to form a new Executive at Stormont
“Which road will you take?” That is the question posed by a fiery preacher to a terrified young child in Belfast, Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical film about his childhood experiences at the begining of the Troubles in 1969.
The newly elected politicians in the Northern Assembly now have to decide which road they will take after an historic election campaign.
The DUP, the party founded by Ian Paisley sr, was full of fire and brimstone during ...