Sinn Fein has tonight selected current MLA Sean Lynch and constituency manager Jemma Dolan to run in the snap election that is expected to take place in a matter of weeks.
It follows the resignation of Martin McGuinness as deputy first minister amid significant tension with the Democratic Unionist Party's Arlene Foster over the flawed renewable heat incentive.
Michelle Gildernew, Sinn Fein's other current MLA, will likely be selected at the party's second selection convention in Fermanagh-south Tyrone tomorrow night.
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