On the 3rd of February 2024, Michelle O’Neill opened a new chapter in the history of Northern Ireland, as she became the first nationalist first minister of her country. O’Neill is the vice president of the Republican Party Sinn Fein, a political group advocating for the reunification between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. O'Neill waited almost two years to form her government, because the opposition represented by the Democratic Unionist Party boycotted the power-sharing system i