Power sharing rules. our ireland correspondent, chris page, has this report which contains flashing images. smiles, flashes and cheers were the sure fire signs of sinn fein success. the party retained its 27 seats. that was enough to top the table. the sinn fein vice president, michelle o neill, is in line to become the first irish nationalist to be northern ireland s first minister. my commitment is to work through partnership, not division. we will work with those who serve all other political perspectives. we will work together. we will show respect, and we expect to be shown respect. another major indication of change was the advance of the party, which is neither unionist nor nationalist. alliance has more than doubled its number of seats, moving from fifth place to third in the assembly. but the democratic unionists
Smiles, flashes and cheers were the sure fire signs of sinn fein success. the party retained its 27 seats. that was enough to top the table. the sinn fein vice president, michelle o neill, is in line to become the first irish nationalist to be northern ireland s first minister. my commitment is to work through partnership, not division. st we will work with those who serve all other political perspectives. we will work together. we will show respect, and we expect to be shown respect. another major indication of change was the advance of the party which is neither unionist nor nationalist. alliance has more than doubled its number of seats, moving from fifth place to third in the assembly. but the democratic unionists have lost their position as the leading party, which they ve had for almost 20 years. the dup lost significant votes to a more hardline unionist group. a stronger unionism is a stronger partner for others in government. and we cannot continue with the divisions that are t
The sinn fein vice president, michelle o neill, is in line to become the first irish nationalist to be northern ireland s first minister. my commitment is to work through partnership, not division. we will work with those who serve all other political perspectives. we will work together. we will show respect, and we expect to be shown respect. another major indication of change was the advance of the party which is neither unionist nor nationalist. alliance has more than doubled its number of seats, moving from fifth place to third in the assembly. but the democratic unionists have lost their position as the leading party, which they ve had for almost 20 years. the dup lost significant votes to a more hardline unionist group. a stronger unionism is a stronger partner for others in government. and we cannot continue with the divisions that are there. and the unionist voters do not want those divisions. and therefore, i want to see a more united, stronger unionist voice.
Sinn fein has hailed a new era for northern ireland after securing a historic victory in the elections for the stormont assembly. for the first time, the nationalist party claimed the most seats and pushed the democratic unionist party into second place. the us and uk governments say both parties now need to co operate under power sharing rules. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, has this report which contains flashing images. smiles, flashes and cheers were the sure fire signs of sinn fein success. of sinn fein s success. the party retained its 27 seats. that was enough to top the table. the sinn fein vice president, michelle o neill, is in line to become the first irish nationalist to be northern ireland s first minister. my commitment is to work through partnership, not division. we will work with those who serve all other political perspectives. we will work together. we will show respect, and we expect to be shown respect.
Too early to say definitively so. and michelle 0 neill, who is sinn fein s leader in northern ireland, speaking a short while ago saying this represents a significant moment of change. let s listen into what she had to say in full. today represents a very significant moment of change. it s a defining moment for our politics and for our people. today ushers in a new era, which i believe presents us all with an opportunity to reimagine relationships in this society, on the basis of fairness, on the basis of equality and on the basis of socialjustice. irrespective of religious, political or social backgrounds, my commitment is to make politics work. my commitment is to work through partnership, not division. we will work with those who serve all other political perspectives. we will work together, we will show respect and we expect to be shown respect. there is a space in this place