Delay in introducing Daithi’s Law on organ donation branded ‘unacceptable’

Daithi MacGabhann on the steps of Parliament Buildings at Stormont. His family have campaigned for a new law on organ donation (Liam McBurney/PA)

A delay in enacting legislation to establish an opt-out organ donation system in Northern Ireland due to the Stormont stalemate has been branded unacceptable by Michelle O’Neill.

The Sinn Fein vice president has again called on the DUP to join with other parties to restore a powersharing executive to “stop punishing vulnerable people”.