[HIGHLIGHTS] Northern Ireland: Sinn Féin wins local elections for the first time

Almost all the votes in the local elections in Northern Ireland have been counted. Catholic Republican party Sinn Féin could emerge victorious for the first time.

The pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) won only 118 seats. Support for the union with Great Britain continues to crumble, while the Republicans are increasingly rallying around Sinn FÉin. The local elections are also seen as a test of the reform of the Northern Ireland Protocol, which will keep the region part of the EU's single market.