PICTURES: 20 pictures of Stormont sitting which ended in acrimony leaving abortion decriminalised in NI tonight

The first sitting of the Stormont Assembly in two-and-a-half years has ended in acrimony.

Abortion will be decriminalised in Northern Ireland at midnight on Monday.

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Stormont chamber today
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Jim Allister in Stormont
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The Stormont chamber
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Robin Newton in Stormont today
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Stormont today
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Edwin Poots in Stormont
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SDLP team in Stormont
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DUP leader Arlene Foster in Stormont today
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SDLP leader Colum Eastwood
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