Johnson to visit NI amid powersharing crisis after DUP blocks Assembly speaker

DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson with party colleagues speaking in the Great Hall of Parliament Buildings at Stormont (Liam McBurney/PA)

British prime minister Boris Johnson is set to visit Northern Ireland on Monday amid a political crisis caused by the DUP blocking the election of a Speaker at Stormont, Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill has said.

The DUP leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, has insisted he is sending a “clear message” to the EU and the UK Government about resolving issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol.