.J_Donaldson_MP has described his meeting with the taoiseach as a 'useful engagement'.
She described her meeting with Mr Martin as both "constructive and serious".
Mrs Long continues in her role as justice minister until 28 October, but refused to commit her party to returning to a future executive if power sharing was restored.Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie said Northern Ireland was facing "another here we go again moment". He said there was a "landing zone" that could be reached between the UK and EU on the protocol dispute, if political leaders were willing to show courage.
He repeated his view that holding a fresh assembly election would not help the political impasse at Stormont, and said the Northern Ireland secretary needed to remove the "artificial gun" from the debate.As part of the coalition agreement with Fine Gael, he is due to switch positions with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar in December.Sinn Féin described his comments as a nonsensical, bizarre, fantasy attack.
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