PUBLIC transport fares have been reduced by 20 per cent until the end of the year.

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O'Neill has warned the DUP and British government must accept and respect the result of the Assembly election.

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said his party will not nominate another infrastructure minister to sit in a "zombie executive".

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has said that he will not lead the DUP back into powersharing until issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol are resolved.

MLAs returned to Parliament Buildings on Monday following a dramatic election result at the weekend which saw Sinn Fein became the largest party.

LIKE elsewhere, Lagan Valley was the scene of an Alliance gain.

IF Friday belonged to Deirdre Hargey, who topped the poll for Sinn Féin, then the rest of the count belonged to Alliance.

THE South Down count began with emphatic wins for Sinn Féin, continued with the election of Alliance's first MLA in the constituency and a decent victory for the DUP, and ended with only one seat for the SDLP.

THERE was a certain irony in Doug Beattie's eventual re-election in Upper Bann.

IT'S their democratic right to run.

MICHELLE O'Neill has said there is no reason for an executive not to be formed this week.

A PAINFULLY slow election count in the Foyle constituency ended with Sinn Féin topping the poll while unionists slugged it out for the final seat.

ALLIANCE had to wait until Saturday evening to celebrate its final gain of the election.

With votes counted and seats allocated Political Correspondent John Manley offers a post-mortem on each of the parties' performance.

THE people have spoken.

IN an election where smaller parties saw their vote squeezed, People Before Profit’s Garry Carroll had to battle for transfers to keep his seat.

THE conditions for triggering a border poll have yet to be met despite Sinn Féin's victory in the Stormont election, according to psephologist Nicholas Whyte.

THE 32 women elected to the Assembly has set a new record.