The Stormont Assembly is to meet on Monday to make a second attempt to elect a speaker.
It's after a Sinn Féin recall motion gained enough support - but it's still not backed by the DUP.
The assembly can't do any business until a speaker's been appointed, and the DUP is blocking the election over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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Donegal TD Pádraig Mac Lochlainn is calling on Jeffrey Donaldson's party to allow power-sharing be restored: