Doug Beattie MC MLA

The aftermath of the Shankill bomb on October 23 1993. We remember the nine people killed, and many others who were injured. Picture: Pacemaker

Doug Beattie: Thirty years after Shankill bomb, SF till eulogising the bombers

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson delivers his keynote speech during his party's annual conference on Saturday. His speech included the UUP argument that direct rule would be bad for Northern Ireland: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Doug Beattie: If I said what DUP leader has said I would be called a Lundy

A triumphant Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill (left) and President Mary Lou McDonald at Belfast City Hall for the recent local election count. Their surge has been brought about by their pragmatic stance on reversing their purist republican credentials, swallowing up their negative historical stance with a charm offensive which has worked and worked spectacularly. Photo Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Doug Beattie: A fully functioning Stormont will stop swing to SF in its tracks

Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie MC MLA, who was a captain in the Royal Irish Regiment

Those calling me a traitor are not the people I stood beside in battle: Beattie

Robbie Butler

IN FULL: Robbie Butler out of UUP leadership race

IRA terrorists pictured on the Whiterock Road in Belfast during the Troubles

Doug Beattie: My thoughts are with victims of IRA terrorists like McCann

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald, ex leader Gerry Adams, and northern leader Michelle O'Neill with other Sinn Fein members at the Bobby Storey funeral last year. The funeral organisers were Sinn Fein, who sit on the executive that wrote Covid rules. Liam McBurney/PA

Doug Beattie: It is simply not credible to say SF were unclear about Covid rules

Many people have long held the suspicion that there is a culture within the Northern Ireland Office which is subservient to Dublin’s Department of Foreign Affairs

It is welcome that NIO will not be returning to Lambeth talks

Letter to the editor

Doug Beattie: Dublin has been vocal in demanding a Pat Finucane inquiry but it m...

These soldiers should be recognised for giving so much of themselves in the service of their country

Doug Beattie: I am concerned that the NIO is resisting medals for army bomb disp...

The entire legacy process presented an opportunity for ‘lawfare’ in which to rewrite history

Doug Beattie: ‘We welcome the recognition of need for major changes to the Storm...