Liz Truss urged to prioritise restoration of Stormont and NI Protocol

Liz Truss has been urged by NI political leaders to deal with the Stormont crisis and the NI Protocol (Victoria Jones/PA)

Incoming British prime minister Liz Truss has been urged to prioritise the restoration of powersharing in Northern Ireland by Sinn Fein’s Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill.

However, DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson instead insisted that Ms Truss should concentrate on resolving issues caused by the Northern Ireland Protocol, and added there could be no return to powersharing without “decisive action” on the post-Brexit arrangement.