Michelle O’Neill to attend first Northern Ireland match at Windsor Park

First Minister Michelle O’Neill (Oliver McVeigh/PA)

Michelle O’Neill is set to attend her first Northern Ireland match at Windsor Park.

According to the BBC, the First Minister will join Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly to watch the Northern Ireland women's team take on Montenegro on Tuesday.

Ms O’Neill’s attendance will mark her first appearance at a Northern Ireland game.

The Sinn Fein vice president said she had plans to attend an NI game after taking up the post of First Minister earlier this month.

Junior ministers, Sinn Fein’s Aisling Reilly and DUP’s Pam Cameron, are also set to attend the UEFA Women’s Nations League match.

While Tuesday’s match will be a first for Ms O’Neill, Sinn Fein ministers have attended Northern Ireland’s games in the past.

In 2016, former deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness watched Northern Ireland take on Germany in Euros, while former sports minister Carál Ní Chuilín attended a Northern Ireland v Faroe Islands Euro qualifier game in 2011.

Earlier this month Ms O’Neill became the first Sinn Fein member to attend a PSNI graduation ceremony at training college Garnerville and said it was an example of her “commitment to being a First Minister for all.”

Sinn Féin MLA and Policing Board member Gerry Kelly also attended alongside the Justice Minister Naomi Long and the deputy First Minister Ms Little-Pengelly.

Newly installed GAA president Jarlath Burns is also set to attend the match tomorrow, telling BBC Sport it will be his first official duty in the role.

“On Tuesday, I’ll be at Windsor Park to watch Northern Ireland ladies play. It’s going to be my first official engagement as president of the GAA.

“It’s something that I am very proud to say that I am going to. There are