Mary Lou McDonald: Extending Stormont deadlock into 2024 ‘unthinkable’

On Wednesday, DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said he could not be certain that powersharing will return by the end of the year

Sinn Fein party leader Mary Lou McDonald and vice president Michelle O’Neill (PA)

Extending the powersharing impasse in Northern Ireland into next year is an “unthinkable” prospect, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said.

Ms McDonald said the public’s patience with the DUP had “worn out” and claimed the unionist party’s boycott of devolution had “run out of road”.