Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill is set to become the first Sinn Fein leader to be appointed First Minister in the North later today.
It comes almost two years after a historic result for the party saw them become the biggest in the North, overtaking the DUP.
A DUP boycott of the Stormont Assembly over post-Brexit trade agreements ended last week as the UK Government formalised new regulations for the transport of goods across the Irish Sea.
Powersharing making a return will be welcome news to hundreds of thousands of public sector workers in the North, who recently took part in strike action as millions of Government funding have gone unspent due to a lack of local Government.
The landmark appointment of O’Neill to the position of First Minister is set to take place later today.
