good morning and welcome to bbc news. sinn fein is on track to win the most seats in the northern ireland assembly for the first time ever, signalling a historic shift in the political landscape. the nationalist party has claimed nearly 40% of the seats declared so far. counting has resumed this morning. let s have a look at how things stand this morning. these are the live results coming through to us, so there you can see sinn fein at the top of that board. 29% of first preference votes, that is an increase of 1% on their last showing and the dup down 7% with 21% of the votes. the biggest winners there, the alliance up 4% and tuv up 5% so that is how it is with 18 constituencies currently declared. and this is the number of seats in the northern ireland assembly with sinn fein having 18 seats, that is unchanged currently. the dup 12 seats, also unchanged. 47 of the 90 seats, also unchanged. 47 of the 90 seats have been declared. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, has th
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Because we do expect some further what are termed as flexibilities but potential further compromises from the eu to be brought forward in the next week or so. so i think to some extent talks are going to continue. so today s legislation doesn t mark an end to conversations between the uk and the eu. joining me now is mary lou mcdonald, president of sinn fein and teachta dala for the dublin central constituency. thank you forjoining us. the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis has said he is confident the changes would be lawful. i know you disagree with that, but you have acknowledged that the protocol is causing problems for business, so what do you think is the solution here? ,., ., what do you think is the solution here? , ., ., ., what do you think is the solution here? ,., ., ., ., i. .. here? good morning to you. in fact, business across here? good morning to you. in fact, business across the here? good morning to you. in fact, business across the north here? good mor
The run up to this result was about, and you have outlined the themes there, what does that mean for the mandate of sinn fein and also what sinn fein s intentions could be? because there has been talked around the prospects of referendums north and south of the border on unification at some point. yes, the president of unification at some point. yes, the president of sinn unification at some point. yes, the president of sinn fein unification at some point. yes, the president of sinn fein mary - unification at some point. yes, the president of sinn fein mary lou . president of sinn fein mary lou mcdonald was talking openly in interviews yesterday about seeing a referendum in five to ten years. this has to be treated very carefully, it is notable sinn fein has been talking about a citizen s assembly on the island of ireland, recognising the sensitivities around this and the changes in the south, with sinn fein doing very well there at the moment, so it has been trying to see itself