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It stretched into a third day, with the 2023 Belfast City Council election finally concluding just before 12.15am on Sunday morning, with Sinn Fein growing its team at City Hall and the loss of some big scalps for the Greens, DUP, People Before Profit and the PUP.
Armed counter terror police were scrambled to a Belfast hotel following reports that a man with a gun had entered the hotel and was screaming at staff and guests.