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Northern Ireland First Minister has not seen letter of no confidence signed by colleagues

Arlene Foster's turbulent five years as DUP leader Arlene Foster first entered the political arena when she was student at Queen's University in Belfast when she joined the Queen's Unionist Association, part of the Ulster Unionist Party. Picture by Rebecca Black/PA Wire Marie Louise McConville 28 April, 2021 01:00 Alan Lewis - PhotopressBelfast.co.uk 24/11/2018.Mandatory Credit - Picture by Justin Kernoghan.DUP Leader Arlene Foster speaking at the 2018 Democratic Unionist Party annual conference in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Belfast today.. ARLENE...

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 coronation as DUP leader and Stormont First Minister. The following year the first woman to lead the pa...

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 coronation as DUP leader and Stormont First Minister. The following year the first woman to lead the pa...

[Tonight it is] 40 years exactly to the very time that I can recall vividly where I was and what I was doing. I was sitting in the bar at the Killyhevlin Hotel with a small group of journalists from British daily newspapers who were in disbelief, wondering if Unionists were genuine in conceding that the next day’s election count would see IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands being declared as Fermanagh and south Tyrone MP. They only had to look across the room to see a group of senior Unionist figures in shock to confirm it. The next day Returning Officer, Alastair Patterson announced fo...