The next prime minister must face up to the reality that the Northern Ireland Protocol is here to stay, Michelle O'Neill has said.
The Sinn Fein vice president said she has warned newly appointed Secretary of State for the region Shailesh Vara that the Government must stop "placating the DUP" and start being "even-handed" with Stormont's political parties.
The republican party has accused the Government of doing the DUP's bidding by introducing domestic legislation at Westminster to empower ministers to unilaterally scrap parts of the contentious post-Brexit trading arrangements.
