DUP not interested in ‘sticking plaster’ approach to NI Protocol: Donaldson

Mr Donaldson said: “We spelled it out very clearly to him the problems with the protocol, the harm it is doing to Northern Ireland and that we need a solution, we need decisive action to deal with these problems.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson arrives at the Grand Central Hotel in Belfast, ahead of his meeting with Taoiseach Micheal Martin (Brian Lawless/PA)

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said he has told the Toaiseach that he is not interested in a “sticking plaster” approach to solving problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Micheál Martin is in Belfast meeting with party leaders amid ongoing deadlock at Stormont over the post-Brexit trading arrangements.