Sean Donnelly

Political analyst says some 90% of seats will be won on the first count in the vote

Long hours, low pay, stresses and strains of local politics exercise the public mind

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DUP MP’s expression of thanks to Martin McGuinness was a courageous act

St Flannan’s pupils beat more than 4,000 others in space settlement design contest

Anlaysis: Although first count results can be overturned, it is still a rare development

Anomaly a combination of ‘overestimation, underestimation and a late swing’

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At this stage, regardless of how you look at it, outgoing government will fall about a dozen seats short of overall majority

Part of the reason Mara was effective was his character traits made him well suited to role

Competitions for year start in earnest with Olympic places still up for grabs