'No room for further delay' in convening Northern Ireland Assembly, Dáil hears

Labour leader Ivana Bacik said in the Dáil: 'If we listen to some members of the Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, the tone is jarring with the more conciliatory words that have been spoken by Jeffrey Donaldson.' Picture: Damien Storan

There is now no logic for the DUP to continue its blockade, the Dáil has heard.

Speaking on Tuesday, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald said the negotiations over the Northern Ireland Protocol are over and the deal has been struck in the form of the Windsor Framework.