Sinn Féin expects British government to override protocol, says O'Neill

Michelle O'Neill says British prime minister's actions further the position of the DUP which is to block a Northern Ireland executive being formed

Conor Murphy checks his watch as the Sinn Féin delegation including Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill arrive at Hillsborough Castle to meet with Boris Johnston on Monday. Picture: Alan Lewis

Michelle O’Neill says her party expects that the British government will override the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Sinn Féin vice president said this morning that after her “tough meeting” with British prime minister Boris Johnson in Belfast yesterday, she is disappointed that the British government continues to placate the Democratic Unionist Party.