Taoiseach blasts DUP withdrawal as 'damaging to politics' 

Pointing the blame at Downing Street, Micheál Martin said the EU has shown what he called “good faith” in its dealings with the Northern Ireland leaders

"No one party should have a veto over whether it exists or continues on and likewise with the assembly. And I believe that decision will be damaging to politics itself and to people's trust in politics,” the Taoiseach said.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the decision of the DUP to not serve in the Stormont executive is “damaging to politics”.

He said no one party has the right to veto whether the assembly or the executive continues. Speaking at Dublin Castle, he said: “People want their public representatives to represent them in the assembly, in the executive, they want politics to work for them.