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2 March 2017

Northern Ireland election: Do Sinn Fein want direct rule from London?

The Republicans are setting out unachievable "red lines" for any power-sharing agreement with the DUP. What's the plan?

By Patrick Maguire

Northern Ireland goes to the polls today – with results due tomorrow. But have the weeks of rancorous and unenlightening debate all been for nothing?

Today’s vote, triggered in January by the resignation of Sinn Fein’s deputy first minister Martin McGuinness over the “cash for ash” scandal, is likely to produce an assembly that bears more than a passing resemblance to the last.

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