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Anti-protocol rallies raising tension and harnessing anger, says UUP leader

The Ulster Unionist Party leader has accused unionist and loyalist organisers of anti-Northern Ireland Protocol rallies of stoking tension in the region. In a lengthy statement on Sunday, Doug Beattie said that his party will not be involved in ...

27 Mar 2022 at 22:55

Northern Ireland

UUP chief concedes he will lose votes after pulling out of anti-protocol rallies

Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has predicted he will lose votes over his move to withdraw from anti-Northern Ireland Protocol rallies. Mr Beattie was commenting after his constituency office was vandalised hours after he announced that ...

28 Mar 2022 at 17:25

Northern Ireland

Ulster Unionist leader vows not to be intimidated after office attack

Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has vowed not be intimidated following an overnight attack on his constituency office. A window was smashed at the property in Portadown, Co Armagh, hours after Mr Beattie announced that his party was ...

28 Mar 2022 at 14:55

Beattie slams ‘mindless idiots’ who placed noose on election poster

Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has condemned “mindless idiots” who placed one of his election posters with a noose around the neck outside a rally against the Northern Ireland Protocol in Co Armagh. The poster was removed from a ...

09 Apr 2022 at 12:55

Northern Ireland

DUP and Sinn Fein trade claims over election priorities

Fixing the health service and tackling the cost-of-living crisis must take precedence over calls for a “divisive” border poll, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said. The DUP leader suggested Sinn Fein was fixating on bringing about a ...

03 Apr 2022 at 16:55

Memorable quotes from the Stormont election campaign

Here is a collection of key quotes from Northern Ireland’s election campaign. “I will not be going back into an executive that is required to implement a protocol that harms Northern Ireland every day” – DUP leader Sir ...

05 May 2022 at 12:55

Northern Ireland Assembly election campaign failed to spark into life

For an election with so much at stake, the Northern Ireland Assembly campaign trail over recent weeks has been curiously lacklustre. Northern Ireland currently has no functioning Executive, the population is gripped ...

05 May 2022 at 12:55

Northern Ireland

Edwin Poots ‘unaware’ of Donaldson-Beattie meeting

Former DUP leader Edwin Poots has said he was unaware of exchanges between Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and the UUP allegedly focused on him re-joining the party. Mr Poots’s intervention comes amid the ongoing controversy ...

01 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Northern Ireland

Donaldson says he makes no apologies for engaging with other unionists

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said he will make no apology for engaging with other unionists, but has again insisted he never contemplated rejoining the UUP last year. Sir Jeffrey was addressing claims he ...

24 Feb 2022 at 20:55

Northern Ireland

Assembly passes integrated education Bill after UUP refuses to back petition of concern

The Northern Ireland Assembly has passed legislation which places a statutory duty on the Department of Education to provide further support to the integrated schools sector. The Integrated Education Bill ...

09 Mar 2022 at 17:55

Northern Ireland

UUP leader ‘too unwell’ to attend St Patrick’s Day events in Washington

Doug Beattie will not travel to the US for St Patrick’s Day celebrations as the Ulster Unionist Party leader is “too unwell” to attend. The UUP confirmed on Monday evening that Mr Beattie will not be ...

14 Mar 2022 at 22:25

UUP leader implores people not to judge him by his past amid Twitter posts storm

The embattled leader of the Ulster Unionists implored people not to define him by his past after receiving party backing to continue in the job despite a controversy over historical tweets. Doug ...

25 Jan 2022 at 19:25

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