'Chance to restore sovereignty'published at 06:39 British Summer Time 24 June 2016
Summary
Updates for Friday 24 June 2016
UK votes to leave the EU - despite NI voting to Remain
Turnout in Northern Ireland was 62% overall
56% of people in NI wanted to remain and 44% wanted to leave
'Chance to restore sovereignty'published at 06:39 British Summer Time 24 June 2016
'Border issue must be handled sensitively'published at 06:29 British Summer Time 24 June 2016
Mark Devenport
BBC News NI Political EditorWe really are in uncharted territory over the border issue.
A number of high-profile visitors to Northern Ireland during the campaign predicted a return to border checks in the event of a Leave vote.
Image source, PABut Leave campaigners have played this down, insisting that the free movement deal in Ireland would continue because it pre-dates the EU.
It will have to be a matter that is handled very sensitively by the Irish government, which remains a committed member of the EU.
EU withdrawal a 'pyrrhic victory' - Sinn Féinpublished at 06:26 British Summer Time 24 June 2016
Sinn Féin chairman Declan Kearney says this is a "pyrrhic victory" for the UK.
"The reality is that the people of the north of Ireland overwhelmingly voted in favour of Remain," he says.
"English votes are going to drag the people of the north of Ireland... out of the EU - that's a huge democratic deficit."
Cameron must quit, says DUP's Wilsonpublished at 06:18 British Summer Time 24 June 2016
David Cameron should resign as prime minister, the DUP's Sammy Wilson says.
Image source, PAThe East Antrim MP adds that Mr Cameron "has lost all credibility" and can't be trusted to negotiate the UK's withdrawal from the EU. "If he stays he is always going to have the poison of this campaign injected into the system," he says.
'Significant uncertainty begins for UK'published at 06:15 British Summer Time 24 June 2016
John Campbell
BBC News NI Economics and Business EditorAt one level, nothing has changed. But in reality, everything has changed.
Image source, AFPNorthern Ireland and the rest of the UK are, for now, still in the EU and its single market - companies still trade under the same system as they did yesterday.
But that arrangement will now have to end, which could have far reaching economic consequences.
UK votes to leave EUpublished at 06:13 British Summer Time 24 June 2016
The UK has voted by 52% to 48% in an historic referendum to leave the European Union after 43 years.
Image source, APLondon and Scotland voted strongly to stay in the EU but the remain vote has been undermined by poor results in the north of England.
EU Referendum: NI Remain vote declarationpublished at 06:08 British Summer Time 24 June 2016
Media caption, Northern Ireland votes to remain in the European Union following the EU referendum
Voters in NI support remaining in EUpublished at 06:07 British Summer Time 24 June 2016
Good morning. Welcome to a special BBC News NI Live. Northern Ireland has voted to remain in the EU by a majority of 56% to 44%.
Image source, PAThe turnout in the region was 62.7%, with 790,523 people voting in the referendum. But the UK, as a whole, has voted to leave the EU.