The Briefing Room - What impact will the Northern Ireland election have?

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The election in Northern Ireland saw nationalists, Sinn Fein, win the most votes. Their leader, Michelle O'Neill, becomes first minister. It has been heralded as a historic result. But what will its impact - on Stormont politics, the protocol and the union - end up being?
Joining David Aaronovitch in the briefing room are:
Enda McClafferty, BBC Northern Ireland's political editor
Ann Watt, director of Pivotal, an independent public policy think tank
Sam McBride, Northern Ireland editor, Belfast Telegraph & Sunday Independent
Etain Tannam, associate professor of international peace studies, Trinity College Dublin

Producers: Rosamund Jones, Kirsteen Knight & Ben Carter
Studio manager: James Beard
Production co-ordinators: Siobhan Reed & Sophie Hill
Editor: Richard Vadon

Published on Thursday, 12th May 2022.

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