DUP urged to step off ‘endless merry-go-round’ and return to Stormont

Sinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O’Neill (right) speaking to Pearse Doherty during a party meeting in Dundalk (Liam McBurney/PA)

Sinn Féin has called on the DUP to step off the “endless merry-go-round” of its Stormont boycott and return to powersharing in Northern Ireland.

The comments from senior Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty came ahead of a crunch meeting of the DUP’s 130-strong party executive on Monday evening to discuss a potential deal with the UK government that could see devolution resurrected in Belfast.