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McGuinness quits Westminster seat
The Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is to resign as MP for Mid Ulster to concentrate on his job at Stormont.
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Sinn Fein's four other MPs are to resign from their assembly seats as the party seeks to end 'double-jobbing'.
Party president Gerry Adams said this would avoid triggering a string of Westminster by-elections.
It is likely that any by-election in Mid Ulster will not take place until the autumn.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18396327
