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The two have known one another since their days as students at Queens University Belfast. Mrs Foster was recruited into the Queens Unionist Association by Mr Weir and served as chairwoman from 1992 to 1993. The pair later joined the Ulster Unionist Party around the same time and were both opposed to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. They were also part of a group within the UUP known as the baby barristers who were heavily critical of then-leader David Trimble. Both would leave the UUP and join t...

The likely contenders to replace Arlene Foster as DUP leader Lisa OCarroll © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP After Arlene Foster’s decision to quit as leader of Democratic Unionist party in the wake of an internal revolt, there is a vacancy at the top. The party, founded half a century ago by firebrand Ian Paisley, is at a crossroads, with polls in February showing a sharp decline in support in favour of the Traditional Unionist Voice led by Jim Allis...

Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland’s first minister and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), is to stand down from both roles after apparently losing the confidence of her own party. She will be gone by July, she announced just ahead of a leadership vote she looked likely to lose. The vote takes place every year and has only ever been a formality. But this time her party had turned against her. Foster was always an unusual Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader. She was the first woma...

By Press Association 2021 Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson (centre) and ex-Ulster Unionist Arlene Foster (right) with the Rev Ian Paisley, then leader of the Democratic Unionists, at Stormont (Paul Faith/PA) When Arlene Foster replaced the retiring Peter Robinson in late 2015 her position as the leader of unionism in Northern Ireland looked unassailable. For Mrs Foster, a passionate supporter of the royal family, it was an uncontested cor...

By Press Association 2021 Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson (centre) and ex-Ulster Unionist Arlene Foster (right) with the Rev Ian Paisley, then leader of the Democratic Unionists, at Stormont (Paul Faith/PA) When Arlene Foster replaced the retiring Peter Robinson in late 2015 her position as the leader of unionism in Northern Ireland looked unassailable. For Mrs Foster, a passionate supporter of the royal family, it was an uncontested cor...

BBC News Published image copyrightPacemaker image captionArlene Foster on the steps of Stormont on 11 January 2016, on her first day as first minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster faced unprecedented challenges and monumental political changes during her tenure as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). From Brexit to the Irish Sea border and of course the pandemic, it has been a tough few years for Northern Irelands first minister, culminating in the revolt that has forced her to s...

Arlene Foster resigns as DUP leader and first minister Arlene Foster has said she will step down as DUP leader and first minister. Picture by Liam McBurney/PA Wire Digital Staff Arlene Foster has announced she is to step down as DUP leader and first minister. She said she will leave her DUP role on May 28 and resign as first minister at the end of June. "It has been the privilege of my life to serve the people of Northern Ireland as their First Minister and to...

Share But the Crown lawyer said the statement had a provenance and had been located in original case files that were re-examined by the polices historical inquiries team in 2010. He said a gateway had been established to admit it as hearsay evidence to the trial with the agreement of both the defence and prosecution.  The family of Joe McCann arrive at Laganside Court with Solicitor Niall Murphy on Monday morning Joe McCanns long IRA career in full over just seven years of attacks 1965 - Joins...

Annette Kennedy is the President of the International Council of Nurses. As a Registered Nurse Tutor at Beaumont Hospital, she established the first neuro-ICU in Ireland. She also set up many of the hospital’s post-registration specialist training programmes for nurses.  In 1993, Annette took up the post of Director of Professional Development with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).  Having proven her leadership at national level, in 2005 Annette became the President of the ...

Which has a higher standard of living - Northern Ireland or the Republic? NI economist stirs debate with claim about cross-Border living standards about 2 hours ago   Economic comparisons between Northern Ireland and the Republic are few and far between. For some reason, perhaps because of the zero-sum politics involved, we tend to shy away from benchmarking the North’s economy with the Republic’s or vice versa. The North is typically compared with the rest of the UK while the Republic is...