UUP to conduct safeguarding review after Jeffrey Donaldson’s child sex offences conviction
Move comes three months after former DUP leader was found guilty of child sex offences, including rape
Northern Ireland Assembly
No reports of inappropriate behaviour by Jeffrey Donaldson received by review into Stormont conduct
Absence of reports or records ‘does not’ mean no incidents involving ex-DUP leader occurred, says Assembly spokesperson
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UUP considers DUP invitation to unionist co-operation talks
Past agreements have aimed to maximise unionist vote and secure seats in certain constituencies
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Next UUP leader to be former police officer Jon Burrows
Only candidate put their name forward for the leadership by the close of nominations
Former police officer vows to ‘arrest stagnation’ in run to lead Ulster Unionist Party
Jon Burrows, co-opted to Assembly seat, says he would aim to attract more women and younger people to party
McEntee to meet Troubles victims and politicians in Belfast visit
Minister to hold talks with speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, DUP MLA Edwin Poots
Inquests into ‘sad and tragic’ Newtownabbey double-murder expected in June
Kenneth McClean-Flanagan (26) is believed to have murdered his mother and girlfriend
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Hilary Benn reiterates commitment to working with counterparts in Dublin to establish new framework for dealing with Troubles legacy
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DUP MP Sammy Wilson’s ‘fact-finding’ trip to Israel worth almost £4,000, declaration shows
East Antrim MP said he was looking forward to ‘hearing the truth’ and criticised ‘scurrilous lies’
Sinn Féin to back no-confidence motion in North’s minister for education
Paul Givan is ‘going nowhere’, DUP leader Gavin Robinson says
Appointment of Irish and Ulster Scots language commissioners in Northern Ireland welcomed
Appointees to take up posts on November 13th for five years
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Time for ‘definitive plan’ on Casement Park rebuild, says Stormont Minister
John O’Dowd has met with Communities Minister Gordon Lyons to discuss the ‘next steps in the delivery’ of the project
Hiring expert to engage with paramilitaries could be counterproductive, says Naomi Long
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Amnesty International says 2024/25 has been a ‘year of hate and fear’ as number of incidents spiked significantly
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Importance of road upgrade for constituents makes party’s tolerance of any political pain on it a genuine mystery
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