Sinn Fein eyes historic victory in Northern Ireland election, DW News

Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein is seeking to make history by emerging with the most assembly seats in Britishcontrolled Northern Ireland. If it emerges as the largest party, Sinn Fein would be able to nominate the province s First Minister for the first time ever. The election of a First Minister advocating a united Ireland would represent a sea change in the province s politics. As the former political wing of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army (IRA), Sinn Fein is committed to a referendum on reunification with the Republic of Ireland to the south.