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Sinn Féin's Mitchel McLaughlin named as first nationalist North Assembly Speaker

Sinn Féin's Mitchel McLaughlin has been elected as the new speaker of the Northern Ireland...
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21.38 12 Jan 2015


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Sinn Féin's Mitchel McLaughlin named as first nationalist North Assembly Speaker

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21.38 12 Jan 2015


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Sinn Féin's Mitchel McLaughlin has been elected as the new speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, becoming the first nationalist to hold the position.

First Minister Peter Robinson said his party would honour its agreement to support the election of the assembly's first Sinn Féin speaker.

Mr Robinson said the DUP would back him because Sinn Féin had now honoured its obligations on welfare reform.

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