Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin in the lead. O’Neill sees the turning point: “She’s been waiting for a lifetime”

MAGHERAFELT – Under the gray rain of Mountcollyer Street, the Protestant enclave of the heartbreaking Oscar-winning film “Belfast” by Kenneth Branagh, nobody wants to talk. Those few who are more talkative boil unrest and anger: “And now? What shall we do?”. After all, as the Nobel laureate wrote Seamus Heaneythose born and raised in Northern Ireland can never be too optimistic.