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DUP veteran Peter Weir lost his Assembly seat. He has served as an MLA since the formation of the Assembly in 1998.

TUV’s Stephen Cooper couldn’t catch Nick Mathison in ninth count

DUP veteran Peter Weir lost his Assembly seat. He has served as an MLA since the formation of the Assembly in 1998.

KELLIE Armstrong was not only the first candidate over the line in Strangford last night, but also took the accolade of becoming the first MLA elected to the Stormont Assembly.

Banners Erected Linking Alliance Party To The IRA

BANNERS erected in North Down linking the Alliance Party to the IRA have been described as "shameful".

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But an ex-DUP councillor said the message would hardly have the PM "quaking in his boots". The proposal, put forward by DUP Alderman Stephen McIlveen, says: "This council recognises that Great Britain is Northern Irelands largest market and rejects any barriers to trade within the United Kingdom. "This council abhors the Northern Ireland Protocol, which has resulted in an economic border in the Irish Sea, causing an impediment to trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. "It will write ...