'Michelle O'Neill seems to be talking some sense'. Some unionists say different social attitudes and duponline blocking devolution means some young people are choosing to vote for other parties.
By Chris Buckler & Lesley Anne McKeownFor decades votes have been cast in Northern Ireland along tribal lines, but a new generation say that is starting to change.
She used to be a unionist voter but said because of the Stormont stalemate she would now consider voting for Sinn Féin."Purely because [Sinn Féin deputy leader] Michelle O'Neill seems to be talking some sense," she said. Across the road from the academy in the South East Regional College , I met a group of students studying politics and public services.
Some of the SERC students' concerns were about potential budget cuts to public services, including education. "The social issues were very skilfully captured by Alliance, Sinn Féin and the SDLP [Social Democratic and Labour Party] and that left a whole generation of unionists, whose priority at that stage was the social issues, politically homeless.
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