A bid to restore the Assembly at Stormont has failed, thwarting the chances of the devolved legislature passing a new organ donation law for Northern Ireland.The DUP once again exercised its veto to prevent the election of a speaker, meaning no further business could be conducted.The region's main unionist party is boycotting the powersharing institutions in protest at Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol.

A bid to restore the Assembly at Stormont has failed, thwarting the chances of the devolved legislature passing a new organ donation law for Northern Ireland.The DUP once again exercised its veto to prevent the election of a speaker, meaning no further business could be conducted.The region's main unionist party is boycotting the powersharing institutions in protest at Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol.