Sinn Féin, which currently has 105 councillors, is hoping emerge as the largest party
Voters will be electing 462 councillors across the 11 councils in Northern Ireland.
It is the first electoral test for the parties since last year’s Assembly elections and takes place against the backdrop of the continued Stormont stalemate with the power-sharing institutions not operating as part of a DUP protest against post-Brexit trading arrangements.
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