When Michelle O’Neill became First Minister, some observers predicted that she would have no real authority as other republicans would pull the strings from behind the scenes.

When Michelle O’Neill became First Minister, some observers predicted that she would have no real authority as other republicans would pull the strings from behind the scenes.

Michelle O'Neill Credit - Tom Jamieson for TIME In February of this year, Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill made history, becoming the north of Ireland’s first Irish nationalist First Minister ...

Michelle O'Neill was profiled by her Sinn Féin party colleague Mary Lou McDonald for the TIME100 Next list. O'Neill, the First Minister of Northern Ireland, is among 19 'Leaders' in the 2024 ...

O'Neill's uncle is a former IRA fundraiser while her cousin, Tony Doris, was one of three IRA members shot dead by British special forces in 1991.

In February of this year, Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill made history, becoming the north of Ireland’s first Irish nationalist First Minister, in a state designed to ensure this could never ...