Sinn Fein, the Irish nationalist party, wins a historic election in Northern Ireland.
After Sinn Fein, previously considered the political branch of the IRA, emerged as the largest party in regional elections, Northern Ireland is on the verge of electing a nationalist leader for the first time in its history. In voting for the province’s 90-member national Assembly, Sinn Fein defeated the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), earning 27 … Read more