:00:00. > :00:00.Thank you very much indeed. More throughout the evening on the BBC
:00:00. > :00:00.News All the Assembly election results
:00:00. > :00:14.are now in, and the final With the story behind the figures,
:00:15. > :00:37.here's our political And after years of losing,
:00:38. > :00:42.this was Eamonn McCann's big chance. His People Before Profit party
:00:43. > :00:57.will have two MLAs, just We have seen the biggest increase in
:00:58. > :01:00.terms of votes in any party of the election and we have doubled our
:01:01. > :01:06.number of seats in the Assembly from one the two and unseated the Deputy
:01:07. > :01:09.Leader of another party in South Belfast. We can be very proud of
:01:10. > :01:12.A more difficult election for the SDLP had a silver lining
:01:13. > :01:15.in Fermanagh/South Tyrone where they took a seat off Sinn Fein.
:01:16. > :01:21.The SDLP are back in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
:01:22. > :01:24.And more good news in West Tyrone, where they overcame
:01:25. > :01:28.internal splits to take a seat with an increased vote.
:01:29. > :01:36.Today, I am celebrating a great trial by my party here, locally in
:01:37. > :01:36.West Tyrone. We have had many challenges.
:01:37. > :01:38.This election saw the Ulster Unionist leader push
:01:39. > :01:44.the envelope in terms of a seat prediction.
:01:45. > :01:57.People are saying there are too many candidates and vote management was
:01:58. > :02:01.not right and that cost us. Personally, the big cost was that
:02:02. > :02:07.the DUP played on fear. And executed a fantastic campaign. As long as
:02:08. > :02:12.they continue to blame others, when the DUP, blamed the electorate, they
:02:13. > :02:15.were duped, as long as they do that, they will continue to fail because
:02:16. > :02:20.they are not listening. They need to address their own problems. They had
:02:21. > :02:25.a confused message and came out of the Executive and they thought this
:02:26. > :02:26.would cause problems for the DUP. But people have responded to that
:02:27. > :02:27.very strongly. Which meant the former Sinn Fein
:02:28. > :02:33.minister John O'Dowd survived. With me now is our political
:02:34. > :02:50.editor, Mark Devenport. Tired, I am sure! The results in.
:02:51. > :02:56.Winners and losers? The SDLP with the losers in as much as they have
:02:57. > :03:00.gone down two seats on what they had before. It was feared in the early
:03:01. > :03:05.stages they might miss the threshold for getting into the power-sharing
:03:06. > :03:09.government, that has not happened, with 1244 macro, they could get a
:03:10. > :03:16.ministry. Sinn Fein have also gone down by one. -- with 12 MLAs. They
:03:17. > :03:20.will be disappointed they have not got 30 seats because that would
:03:21. > :03:24.allow them to veto measures. A lot of drama on the unionist side and
:03:25. > :03:29.the DUP will be proud they have held onto their 31 seats and the Ulster
:03:30. > :03:36.Unionists annoyed they have not made gains. Very clear winners among the
:03:37. > :03:41.smaller parties include People Before Profit, the left-wing party
:03:42. > :03:44.with two MLAs and the Greens who have doubled their representation in
:03:45. > :03:50.Stormont. Time frame, how long before the next Executive is formed?
:03:51. > :03:58.We expect the MLAs to be back in Parliament buildings and new MLAs to
:03:59. > :04:02.go to their new buildings maybe on Thursday we will have a new Speaker
:04:03. > :04:05.elected. In terms of government ministers and the appointment of
:04:06. > :04:11.ministers the Department is, that awaits the outcome of negotiations
:04:12. > :04:12.for a future government which could be in about a fortnight. Thank you,
:04:13. > :04:14.busy days ahead. Three men arrested after the funeral
:04:15. > :04:17.of a dissident republican in Strabane have appeared
:04:18. > :04:19.in court in Omagh. They were detained on Thursday
:04:20. > :04:21.after the funeral of Mickey Barr, The men, all from the Republic,
:04:22. > :04:25.are charged with wearing clothing leading to suspicion
:04:26. > :04:27.that they were members Football, and underdogs Glenavon
:04:28. > :04:32.have won the Irish Cup, beating Just before half-time,
:04:33. > :04:38.Glenavon got their first, with this emphatic finish from Kevin
:04:39. > :04:40.Braniff. Less than two minutes
:04:41. > :04:42.into the second half, Linfield were stunned when the men
:04:43. > :04:44.from Mourneview got a second, In rugby, Ulster secured
:04:45. > :04:51.a semi-final place in the Pro12 play-offs with a 46-26
:04:52. > :04:52.win against Ospreys. The visitors' six tries gave them
:04:53. > :04:55.a vital bonus-point victory, and the scores included this piece
:04:56. > :04:57.of individual first-half brilliance Ospreys fought back hard, but Ulster
:04:58. > :05:12.kept the scoreboard ticking over, this one coming from replacement
:05:13. > :05:18.centre Stuart Olding. The weather forecast
:05:19. > :05:29.now, with Cecilia Daly. Hello, a disappointment today but it
:05:30. > :05:34.is getting better. It will be warmer and drier and brighter tomorrow. And
:05:35. > :05:37.we have very warm and sunny Webster to begin with next week. It should
:05:38. > :05:42.dry up a while this evening with further rain through the night and
:05:43. > :05:48.possible thunder in places. Warmer night coming. That will remain for a
:05:49. > :05:52.good part of next week. To begin with tomorrow, some mist and low
:05:53. > :05:56.cloud which will gradually dry up and sea fog towards the East coast.
:05:57. > :06:00.The Sun will squeeze through during the latter part of the morning and
:06:01. > :06:05.into the afternoon. A fine day across England and Wales, very warm,
:06:06. > :06:09.the mid-20s. Rain edging North across Scotland and into the
:06:10. > :06:14.Republic of Ireland late in the day. At home, the warmest day of the year
:06:15. > :06:18.so far. Sunshine around on Sunday afternoon. Temperatures in the high
:06:19. > :06:24.deed -- temperatures in the high teens, and a cold wind. Temperatures
:06:25. > :06:29.will break the 20 degrees barrier on Monday, with a lot of blue sky and
:06:30. > :06:32.sunshine. A great start to the week and looking good for the first
:06:33. > :06:35.practice session of the Northwest 200.
:06:36. > :06:38.From everyone on the BBC Newsline team, goodbye.