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IT is up to David McNarry whether he joins the DUP, Nigel Dodds has said.Speaking on the BBC’s Sunday Politics show about Mr McNarry’s resignation from the UUP Assembly group, the DUP deputy leader Mr...
View ArticleVeteran Assemblyman ‘will hardly be missed’
DAVID McNarry will hardly be missed at the Ulster Unionist Assembly group as he only attended about half of its meetings, an MLA said last night.The MLA, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that...
View ArticleRobinson set trap for naive – McCrea
PETER Robinson has set a trap for the politically naive by suggesting that the DUP and UUP come together, Ulster Unionist Assemblyman Basil McCrea told a Sinn Fein conference on Saturday.Addressing a...
View ArticleMcNarry: I feel abused but I’ll defend myself
DAVID McNarry reported directly to Tom Elliott about what went on in secret UUP-DUP talks, the “betrayed” former UUP assemblyman has said.In an interview with the News Letter the veteran UUP member...
View Article2012 brings more fear over money
THE majority of people in Northern Ireland are concerned that 2012 will bring more hardship and greater financial difficulties, the first income tracker carried out in the province by the Irish League...
View ArticleALEX KANE: Union family must work together
IF, as Tom Elliott says in his letter to UUP members, the talks between the UUP and DUP were “without prejudice to the interests or integrity of the UUP and to explore areas of cooperation for the...
View ArticleAre Pit Bull Terriers always a dangerous dog?
Are Pit Bull Terriers truly a dangerous breed which deserves to be outlawed? Or, is legislation which singles out such breeds for condemnation the canine equivalent of racism, an argument increasingly...
View ArticleChurch marks Covenant year
THE Church of Ireland has approved an official liturgy for services this year to mark the centenary of the Ulster Covenant.The order of service has been sent to all Anglican clergy in Northern Ireland...
View ArticleInquest continues into Mallusk landfill death
THE inquest into the death of a young Ballyclare man working at a landfill site heard yesterday how his workmates broke into his locker in their efforts to find him.Philip Layland, 23, was found dead...
View ArticleCanary Wharf victims to join Kingsmills march
LONDONERS caught up in the IRA’s 1996 bombing of Canary Wharf are to take part in a “March for Justice” for victims of the Kingsmills massacre.In 1976, the IRA gunned down 10 Protestant workmen on...
View ArticleSchool presses minister to intervene over land
AN integrated primary school yesterday handed in a petition to the Education Minister in a bid to achieve an adequately-sized building to accommodate a rise in pupil numbers.Principal Peter Campbell...
View ArticleBag tax aims to tackle environmental ‘scourge’
A LEADING environmental charity has welcomed news that a carrier bag tax is to be introduced in Northern Ireland next year.The initial 5p levy on single-use carrier bags, due to commence in April 2013,...
View ArticleMinister to brief MLAs on bug outbreak
HEALTH Minister Edwin Poots will brief MLAs today on the ongoing investigation into the pseudomonas outbreak which has claimed the lives of four babies in Northern Ireland.Separate outbreaks of the...
View ArticleDUP slams ‘gerrymandering’ boundary proposals
THE DUP has accused the Boundary Commission of gerrymandering in a fierce attack on its proposals to reduce the number of Westminster seats to 16.Belfast would lose one seat – creating a proposed South...
View ArticleMcGuinness Irish unity comments ‘unrealistic’
COMMENTS made by Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness on a possible united Ireland referendum within the next five years have been described as “unrealistic”.DUP MLA Peter Weir said he believed that...
View ArticleUUP is a coalition of individuals
DAVID McNarry’s dramatic departure from the Ulster Unionist benches at Stormont demonstrates the inability of the UUP to continue as a “broad church” party.The schism within the party over whether to...
View ArticleMembership of secret talks teams revealed
DAVID McNarry was just one of four senior UUP figures involved in the DUP-UUP talks, it has been reported.According to UTV last night Mr McNarry was joined at the talks – which most of the party’s MLAs...
View ArticleElliott: ‘I didn’t take decision lightly’
UUP leader Tom Elliott speaks out on the events of the past few days and explains why he took the decision to discipline David McNarryON Friday evening I took the decision to stand David McNarry down...
View ArticleElliott remains defiant over McNarry sanction
ULSTER Unionist leader Tom Elliott has said he has no regrets in disciplining senior colleague David McNarry, claiming the MLA’s decision to resign from the Assembly group in protest was an...
View ArticleCorporation tax decision needed soon – CBI
A DECISION on the powers of the Executive to reduce corporation tax in Northern Ireland is needed by early summer to boost business confidence and help stimulate investment the head of the CBI in the...
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