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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 travelling to Washington, which traditionally ...

14 Mar 2022 at 22:25

Northern Ireland

UUP leader says Donaldson meeting was to discuss switching parties

Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has said a meeting he held with Sir Jeffrey Donaldson last year was to discuss the Lagan Valley MP switching parties. Sir Jeffrey, now the DUP leader, has denied claims that he considered joining the UUP ...

28 Feb 2022 at 12:25

Northern Ireland

UUP leader says it was ‘clear’ Sir Jeffrey meeting was about switching parties

Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has insisted it was “clear” that a meeting he had with Sir Jeffrey Donaldson last year was to discuss the DUP leader rejoining his party. Mr Beattie said he has texts of exchanges with Sir Jeffrey and ...

28 Feb 2022 at 15:55

Election

AE22: Human moments shine through in the pressure cooker of the count centre

10.00am on election count day and Meadowbank Sports Arena is positively tropical. The steady rain falling on its roof is light enough to be drowned out by the rhythmic shifting of ballot papers and excited chatter of arriving reporters,...

10 May 2022 at 13:33

Derry Now

AE22 MID ULSTER: Final list of election candidates confirmed

AE22 MID ULSTER: Final list of election candidates confirmed Predicted to be one of the more straightforward constituencies to call, Mid Ulster nominations closed this evening with 14 candidates on the ballot paper. Sinn Féin held ...

08 Apr 2022 at 23:33

Northern Ireland

No united Ireland for generations to come, UUP leader insists

Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie claimed there will not be a united Ireland for generations as he urged voters to set aside the constitutional question to focus on the cost-of-living crisis. Launching his party manifesto ...

31 Mar 2022 at 15:25

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 ...

27 Mar 2022 at 22:55

Ireland

Historic meeting between unionists and Sinn Fein was ‘damp squib’

A historic moment when unionist politicians shared a conference room with Sinn Fein for the first time during peace talks in Northern Ireland was recorded in minutes as “something of a damp squib”, newly released Government ...

29 Dec 2021 at 01:25

Personality note described Donaldson as ‘not devoid of charm’

A young Jeffrey Donaldson was described in 1997 as a “thoughtful individual, not devoid of personal charm”, in a briefing note prepared for a Government minister. The note, revealed in archived papers released by the ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:55

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 includes ...

09 Mar 2022 at 17:55

Ireland

DUP boycott could lead to end of Stormont Assembly, peer warns

Northern Ireland’s powersharing institutions could be lost forever if the DUP boycott of the Stormont Assembly does not end, UUP peer Lord Reg Empey has warned. Lord Empey also said Brexit had been a “complete ...

06 Apr 2023 at 11:00

Colonel Tim Collins backs legacy laws: ‘Northern Ireland needs to move on’

Retired Colonel Tim Collins, who is to stand as a candidate for the Ulster Unionist Party in the next general election, has said he backs controversial new legacy laws because Northern Ireland has to move on. ...

25 Jan 2024 at 08:29

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