Ian Paisley

The current row within the UUP is complex, with Doug Beattie claiming “irreconcilable differences” between him and some party officers, a claim which has since been strongly denied

Alf McCreary: The UUP appears to have an electoral death wish

Anti-Islam protestors in Belfast waved union flags and Irish tricolours side by side

The certainties of the NI conflict are blurring as a new conflict looms

Ian Paisley with Jim Allister who the BBC claimed had stolen the North Antrim seat.

BBC apology over Jim Allister 'stolen' seat claim

PACEMAKER, BELFAST, 4/7/2024: Jim Allister and his TUV supporters celebrate winning the North Antrim seat at the General Election count in Meadowbank Arena, Magherafelt.PICTURE BY STEPHEN DAVISON

North Antrim: DUP citadel crumbles as Allister shocks Paisley

PACEMAKER, BELFAST, 4/7/2024: Ian Paisley with Jim Allister who deposed him as the MP in North Antrim at the General election count in Meadowbank Arena, Magherafelt after winning the South Antrim seat. PICTURE BY STEPHEN DAVISON

TUV MP: 'The Protocol is beyond shameful and I will not wilt in opposing it'

PACEMAKER, BELFAST, 4/7/2024: Ian Paisley waves as he leaves the General election count in Meadowbank Arena, Magherafelt after losing his North Antrim seat to Jim Allister. PICTURE BY STEPHEN DAVISON

Ian Paisley's farewell speech IN FULL after being defeated by Jim Allister

Ian Paisley loses his seat in North Antrim at Meadowbank Sports Arena, Magherafelt. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Night of shocks for DUP as Ian Paisley loses family hold on North Antrim

Chart of recent Westminster election results in North Antrim

North Antrim: 'All Jim Allister can do is dent us not stop us' says Sammy Wilson

Screenshot of the Tesco website's promotion of a free breakfast for armed forces personnel - which is not available in Northern Ireland.

Not in NI: Tesco questioned over Armed Forces snub

Baroness (Kate) Hoey canvassing on behalf of Jim Allister in Ballymena.

Allister claims UUP support in Paisley battle

Jim Allister is taking on Ian Paisley Jr in North Antrim in next week's Westminster election. The last time they faced off against each other in an election was in 2010.

Letter: Jim Allister constantly challenges the evil of Sinn Fein

A sign at the Port of Larne about the Irish Sea border. Picture date: Monday February 15, 2021.

Rivals accuse DUP of changing position on their deal on daily basis

Letters to editor

Letter: DUP pair get endorsement of Farage, the man who gets on well with SF/IRA

Wrightbus chief executive Jean-Marc Gales said 'the knock-on effect is tremendous and really proves the impact of buying British at every level'

Rebirth of Northern Ireland firm contributes over £1.5billion to UK economy

Letters to editor

Letter: Nigel Farage can see that it is a blunder to split the unionist vote

The TUV and Reform UK leaderships signing a pact earlier this year, which was fundamentally undermined by new leader Nigel Farage on Monday.

Allister: 'no regrets' over Reform pact
Jim Allister says he has no regrets about his party’s decision to enter an electoral pact with Reform UK – despite its new leader Nigel Farage endorsing two DUP candidates.
David Thompson

East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson has received the personal endorsement of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

Habib accuses DUP men of 'taking advantage' of Farage

TUV leader Jim Allister has said it is the endorsement of the voters which his party is seeking, after Nigel Farage endorsed two rival DUP candidates. Picture:Stephen Hamilton Photography

TUV seeking endorsement of voters

Ian Paisley's election literature includes an endorsement from the now-Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

Farage undermines TUV pact by endorsing DUP candidates

The DUP announces its candidates for the three main County Antrim constituencies in Ballymena.

DUP's Co Antrim candidates have 'record of delivery'

Not all Fylde coast MPs are standing for Parliament again

SF MPs attend Parliament 'once a month' and have coffee -SDLP

Trade NI's lead chief executives Glyn Roberts (Retail NI), Stephen Kelly (Manufacturing NI), and Colin Neill (Hospitality Ulster) pictured with deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly and Junior Minister Aisling Reilly alongside Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons at the launch a new economic report in the House of Commons

Trade NI sets out policy priorities for next UK government

DUP MP Ian Paisley opposes Irish recognition of a Palestinian state.

DUP: Irish recognising Palestinian state plays to extremists

Wallace Thompson, the evangelical Christian, on BBC One's The View saying that a united Ireland is inevitable, during an interview with Mark Carruthers on Thursday May 9. He replies to an article by Ben Lowry challenging his logic

Wallace Thompson: Far from being weak, I debate NI's future with confidence

Wallace Thompson, the evangelical Christian, on BBC One's The View saying that a united Ireland is inevitable, during an interview with Mark Carruthers on Thursday. But why should we listen to him when, by his own logic, he has been wrong for decades?

Ben Lowry: Too much weight given to Wallace Thompson's view on end of UK

The Sunningdale Agreement for the Council of Ireland is signed at Sunningdale Park, Berkshire, 9th December 1973. From left, Oliver Napier, Liam Cosgrave, Edward Heath, Brian Faulkner and Gerry Fitt. Photo: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Paul McElhinney: 1974 was a momentous year with power-sharing and the UWC strike

A protester takes part in an anti-immigration protest in the centre of Dublin on Monday. Pic: Evan Treacy/PA Wire

Immigration latest: 'Sinn Fein is now feeling the backlash of its EU policies'
DUP MP Ian Paisley has said that Sinn Fein deserve to “feel the heat” of public anger over immigration, after a mass demonstration of people in Dublin chanted “Sinn Fein are traitors” in footage broadcast across the world.
Adam Kula

Lord Frost (first in line, left, looking at the camera) meeting with EU Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič (his counterpart to the right) in 2021 in London

UK former Brexit chief accuses Ireland of 'doublethink' on immigration

Road signs denote the border crossing in the village of Belleek

'The Irish state demanded an open border - they can live with the consequences'

Ballymena zero-emissions bus manufacturer Wrightbus has unveiled plans for more jobs and widespread European expansion following 12 months of strong growth

NI's Wrightbus unveils plan for European growth after incredible start to 2024

Ian Paisley addressing the House of Commons, May 1, 2024

'Blame the bad old Brits': DUP MP rounds on Dublin government over migration

The Reverend Ian Paisley, Founder of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster

Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster marks 50 years of its Mission Board

Ernie and Mollie Monteith (died 2023) with Ernie's sheepdog Ben

Funeral for Free Presbyterian Church stalwart Ernie Monteith

Jim Allister says people should be given an opportunity to vote for his plan to "reunify the United Kingdom" rather than implement the Protocol, which he says will lead to a united Ireland.

Allister: 'No change in substance' from DUP

DUP interim leader Gavin Robinson is focused on childcare and the economy as the party emerges from one of the most challenging periods in its history. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Robinson: DUP focused on 'real issues'

DUP MP Ian Paisley with his party leader Gavin Robinson at a North Antrim constituency meeting on Tuesday night. Mr Paisley says the new leader "has created significant space for the party to tell the story properly, and allow for those of us who probably felt that there was a degree of spin in all of this. We’re back to a solid basis of truth".

Battle over the truth about the Irish Sea border

TUV Bannside councillor and party treasurer Timothy Gaston has rejected DUP claims that the party is the “last line of defence of the Union”.

TUV reject Paisley claim that DUP is 'last line of defence for the Union'

DUP MP Ian Paisley has suggested the party wasn't always telling the truth about the Irish Sea border.

Paisley: Public now getting 'truth' from DUP on Irish Sea border

Family and Friends of Chloe Mitchell hold a remembrance event in Ballymena on Tuesday at King George's Park in her memory, to coincide with what would have been Chloe's 22nd birthday. Chloe Mitchell's body was found following a huge search operation after she was reported missing in the County Antrim town last summer.

This is what happened at tragic Chloe Mitchell's 22nd birthday balloon release

Balloons are released during a memorial event for Chloe Mitchell at King George's Park, Ballymena. Ms Mitchell, who was found dead in Ballymena last summer, would have celebrated her 22nd birthday on Tuesday

Chloe Mitchell’s family praises community support since her ‘devastating’ loss

Residents of apartments at the Victoria Square complex in Belfast had to vacate the building for safety reasons and face losing their entire investment. Ben was impressed by their location, their aspect and indeed their symbolism. Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Ben Lowry: I wanted to buy one of the flawed Belfast apartments

The big problem in Belfast city centre is not preachers but the horrendously loud busking that has made walking to and from shops a misery

Ben Lowry: I hope Belfast bans noise pollution in city centre, not preachers

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson speaks to a sparsely populated House of Commons as the MPs who turned up discuss a motion affirming Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom - something promised in the DUP's deal with the government.

Humble Address ends in sea border debate

Ian Paisley MP condemned the SNP motion in the Commons today. Photo: Pacemaker

SNP motion was a 'denial' of Hamas attack on Israel, says Paisley

Jim Allister (right) and DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson with a defaced poster of the leader of the UUP Doug Beattie, during a rally in opposition to the NI Protocol in Lurgan in 2022. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA

Fallout from DUP's return to Stormont could 'tear unionism and loyalism apart'

DUP deputy leader Gavin Robinson says has defended the principle of a red lane to avoid a regulatory border on the island of Ireland. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Gavin Robinson says unionists 'encouraged' by deal to revive Stormont

Ian Paisley says UK government policy looks set to be thwarted in NI due to the Protocol

'Cigarettes will not be phased out in NI because of EU'

Three migrants who were attempting to cross The English Channel from France to Britain are seen as they drift in an inflatable canoe off the French coast at Calais on August 4, 2018, before being rescued by lifeguards of Les Sauveteurs en Mer (SNSM). (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images)

DUP tries to add clause to Rwanda bill guaranteeing it will apply to whole UK

The DUP's Ian Paisley has welcomed a call from the British Veterinary Association for a deal on animal medicines being allowed to enter Northern Ireland.

Warning of 'public health emergency' over vet medications

Some public figures in Northern Ireland argue that legalising assisted dying in Scotland could see vulnerable elderly people feel pressurised into ending their lives - and the rise of assisted death tourism within the UK.
Photo: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Northern Ireland pushback on Scotland euthanasia bill

The Church Leaders Group (Ireland) Left to right: Most Rev Eamon Martin, Roman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, Rt Rev Andrew Forster, President of the Irish Council of Churches, Most Rev John McDowell, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, Rt Rev Dr Sam Mawhinney, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and Rev David Turtle, President of the Methodist Church in Ireland.

Church leaders say government must meet parties "outstanding concerns"

Destruction in Gaza Strip, taken from UNICEF website

Ian Paisley slams Leo Varadkar over Israel revenge comments

The US ambassador to the UK Jane Hartley, bottom left on the stairs, and party leaders including Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, top left, descend into the Great Hall at Stormont as part of the US Business Delegation event on Wednesday October 25 2023. The DUP leader could hardly have stayed away. Image taken from Northern Ireland Assembly @niassembly X feed

Ben Lowry: Unionists in no mood to listen to American pressure about Stormont

People take part in a solidarity demonstration with Israel on Pariser Platz at the Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (Fabian Sommer/dpa/via AP)

Sinn Fein must condemn Hamas attack, says Ian Paisley

Ian Paisley MP

DUP MP says party is 'in a happy state and is content with the leadership'