DUP ‘hiding behind’ Northern Ireland protocol, says Michelle O’Neill

Sinn Féin vice-president, Michelle O’Neill, and DUP leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson. Composite: PA

The DUP is “continually denying” the outcome of the election in Northern Ireland, according to the first minister designate, Michelle O’Neill.

After the Northern Ireland secretary’s announcement on Friday that another assembly election would be held, O’Neill said the DUP had “failed to accept the outcome of the election” that took place in May and handed a landmark victory to Sinn Féin.