Sinn Féin calls on the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Edwin Poots, to step aside while the DUP investigates allegations relating to Jeffrey Donaldson. Multiple outlets report that Sinn Féin links the request to an incident in which a woman raised concerns about Donaldson’s behaviour.
The reports also say that Poots faces pressure from other Stormont parties over his role in the incident and what he did or did not do afterward. In response, Poots denies any wrongdoing, stating that he would never have “protected” Donaldson under any circumstances.
Across the coverage, the central points are that Sinn Féin is seeking Poots’s temporary removal from the chair during the DUP process, and that Poots rejects the suggestion that he acted improperly. The allegations themselves are described in general terms as concerns raised by a woman, and the next step outlined in the reporting is the DUP investigation.
