Michelle O'Neill — First Minister of Northern Ireland 🇮🇪

Michelle O'Neill — First Minister of Northern Ireland 🇮🇪 
 
 
 
 Detail 
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 Full name 
 Michelle O'Neill 
 
 
 Role 
 First Minister of Northern Ireland (Sinn Féin), Vice President of Sinn Féin 
 
 
 Born 
 10 January 1977 
 
 
 Constituency 
 Mid Ulster (MLA) / Tyrone (historical) 
 
 
 Previous roles 
 Minister of Health, Minister of Agriculture, Deputy First Minister 
 
 
 
 Celtic Alliance Position 
 Active coordinator. O'Neill is the most significant new entrant to Celtic cooperation discussions. As First Minister of Northern Ireland (a Sinn Féin position), she met with Plaid Cymru and SNP representatives at Westminster on 14 May 2026 — the first formal trilateral meeting between the three pro-independence Celtic nationalist parties following historic election victories in all three nations. 
 Key actions: 
 
 Hosted/attended SNP + Plaid Cymru + Sinn Féin talks at Westminster (14 May 2026) 
 Posted publicly about agreeing to "continue working together in common purpose to deliver for our people and their right to national self-determination" 
 Her presence as NI First Minister adds a new dimension — bridging the Irish reunification and Scottish/Welsh independence movements 
 
 Sources 
 
 Nation.Cymru — Plaid, SNP and Sinn Féin hold Westminster talks (May 2026) 
 Wikipedia — Michelle O'Neill