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Trimble Stormont portrait unveiled

The portrait of The Rt Hon The Lord Trimble is unvieled at Parliament Buildings. Pictured are Lord Trimble and the Speaker of the Assembly William Hay MLA. The portrait was commissioned to celebrate the Former First Minister's time in office and will hang on the first floor of Parliament Buildings Photo by Simon Graham/Harrison Photography

The portrait of The Rt Hon The Lord Trimble is unvieled at Parliament Buildings. Pictured are Lord Trimble and the Speaker of the Assembly William Hay MLA. The portrait was commissioned to celebrate the Former First Minister's time in office and will hang on the first floor of Parliament Buildings Photo by Simon Graham/Harrison Photography


Published on Tuesday 21 February 2012 08:24

FORMER First Minister David Trimble’s official Stormont portrait has been unveiled at Parliament Buildings.

The artwork, commissioned by the Assembly for all former first and deputy first ministers, was hung at Stormont a decade after Lord Trimble last exercised the powers of first minister.

Lord Trimble, now a Conservative peer, was first minister when the Assembly was suspended in 2002 but lost his position as Ulster Unionist leader before Stormont was restored five years later.

Former Ulster Unionist Assembly member David McNarry – who while still a member of the UUP sits as an independent MLA – worked as an adviser to Lord Trimble and was at the unveiling last night.

“It was a very informal event and the room was filled,” he said. “David said a few words of thanks to the assembly commission, to the artist David Nolan and also to everyone who turned up.”

Last night’s event took place in a Stormont function room, with a light buffet. However the portrait will hang on the Long Gallery corridor alongside those of former Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon and former First Minister Ian Paisley.

“It was probably the first time David has been back at Stormont since he was first minister,” Mr McNarry added. “It was a very low key affair, with David attending in an open necked shirt.”

Also attending with Lord Trimble were his wife Daphne and two of his children, Victoria and Nicholas.

Assembly members who attended included Jonathan Bell of the DUP, UUP leader Tom Elliott and several members of the Alliance Party.

There was also a strong representation at the function from the Upper Bann Ulster Unionist Party constituency association.


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