Sinn Fein

Taoiseach Micheal Martin.

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Michelle O’Neill, leader of Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland, at the election count in Magherafelt. (Pic: Getty Images)

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Sinn Fein northern leader, Michelle O’Neill (R) and Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Fein leader (C) pose for photos with candidates and activists (Photo: Getty Images)

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Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams at the Sinn Fein party conference in 1995 (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

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Edwin Poots, former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), leaves the party headquarters in Belfast on Thursday (Getty Images)

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Leader of the DUP Edwin Poots leaves the DUP headquarters after meeting of the party officers, shortly before he resigned (Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

DUP to begin process of finding new leader after Edwin Poots resigns