Sinn Fein has hailed its first election win in Northern Ireland’s history as a "defining moment" and called for a debate on the creation of a united Ireland. 

And with the party’s victory, journalist and author Susan McKay says tectonic plates have shifted in Northern Ireland and Susan spoke to Ciara this morning.

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