Ian Paisley

Ballymena Business Centre is marking the achievements of two highly successful projects, Enabling Enterprise and 4i Innovation, funded by The Gallaher Trust, which have collectively supported 359 companies and entrepreneurs in their business journey. Pictured are, from left, Stephen Scullion, Ballymena Business Centre Manager, Ryan Burton from Peak Shaving, Ian Paisley, Chairman of The Gallaher Trust, Taig Brookes, from Airtac and Melanie Christie-Boyle MBE, Chief Executive, Ballymena Business Centre. Photo: NAKEDPR

Ballymena Business Centre projects support more than 350 businesses

File photo dated 11/3/97 of the then-prisons minister Ann Widdecombe celebrating her 129th and final prison visit with a cake made by young offenders at Spring Hill open Prison, Buckinghamshire (Michael Stephens/PA Wire)

Ann Widdecombe was 'friendly with Ian Paisley despite being devout Catholic'

Speaker Edwin Poots has said he has nothing to answer for over his handling of claims made about Jeffrey Donaldson.

Pressure mounts on Edwin Poots over Donaldson 'inappropriate behaviour' claims

Sinn Féin has called on Assembly Speaker Edwin Poots, pictured, to stand aside pending a DUP investigation into claims of inappropriate behaviour by Jeffrey Donaldson

I would never have protected Jeffrey Donaldson in any circumstance – Edwin Poots

Stormont's Speaker Edwin Poots.

Poots says he has 'nothing to answer for' over Donaldson concerns

Jim Allister has questioned how Jeffrey Donaldson became the DUP's 'pin-up boy' despite claims about his conduct.

How did such a man become the leader and 'pin-up boy' of the DUP? - Allister

(Left to right) Trevor Clarke MLA, Education Minister Paul Givan MLA, Junior Minister Joanne Bunting MLA, deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, DUP party leader Gavin Robinson MP, deputy party leader Michelle McIlveen MLA, and Communities Minister Gordon Lyons speaking to members of the media, in the Great Hall in Stormont, Belfast. today

DUP members did not share information about Donaldson conduct – Robinson

Greg McKinley, operations director at The Gallaher Trust, was the recipient of a BEM in this year’s King’s Birthday Honour’s List. Greg is pictured delivering an address at the recent Ballymena 400: Building on Partnership and Progress event

'Honoured and humbled': NI charity director honoured with BEM after 37 years

People enjoy the grounds of Belfast City Hall in the handsome city centre. But the streets around it have been almost ruined by blaring noise pollution

Ben Lowry: Belfast must ban blaring buskers and preachers who have ruined centre

Planning application submitted for £14m hotel project at Galgorm Castle. Credit Google

Planning application submitted for £14m hotel project at NI castle

Minimum unit pricing for alcohol will not be introduced in Northern Ireland

Esmond Birnie: Case for minimum unit pricing of alcohol in NI

David Hollis was a politician, community leader and charitable fundraiser

Letter: ‘Davy’ had boundless energy and enthusiasm

From the family memories. My late dad, Rev Dr Robert Coulter MBE, left, pictured during the early Fifties in his days as a Free Presbyterian minister. Free Presbyterian Church founder, Rev Dr Ian Paisley, is pictured right.

Dr John Coulter: Future of the Free P's depends on youth appeal

Iranian protestors were dancing with joy in front of Belfast City Hall on Sunday at the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei, yet there was much interest in a 'Stop Bombing Iran' rally the next day. Pics: Ben Lowry

Ben Lowry: No interest when Iranians danced in Belfast at fall of ayatollah

Danny Kruger speaking during a Reform UK press conference in Westminster, London. Pic: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Reform MP Danny Kruger to address TUV's annual conference

A current image of Galgorm Castle

'Jewel in the crown': NI castle set for £14m revival to secure its future
New firm chaired by former DUP MP Ian Paisley submits full planning application for landmark regeneration project, generating 125 construction jobs and 90 permanent roles while safeguarding 17th-century Jacobean heritage and expanding public access
Claire Cartmill

Morning View

Editorial: Compromise busker solution in Belfast is ban on amplification

The Gallaher Trust has committed £500,000 to support several local organisations and various projects over the next three years, expected to create nearly 100 new jobs, upskill over 300 individuals and support more than 1,200 disadvantaged adults. The Trust’s Chairman, Ian Paisley is pictured with, Amber Kirkwood, who works in Crave café, Linda Gillen, who works at The Fern Restaurant and Logan Godfrey, who is employed by Wrightbus.

The Gallaher Trust to deliver £500,000 into Ballymena over three years

Political commentator Dr John Coulter.

Dr John Coulter: Could the DUP be facing its 2003 in 2027?

Jim Molyneaux (speaking) and Ian Paisley two to his left with other unionist MPs at the huge rally at Belfast City Hall against the Anglo-Irish Agreement in November 1985. Picture Pacemaker

Paisley and Molyneaux 'behaved disgracefully' to Thatcher after Anglo Irish deal

More than a third of practising Catholics describe themselves as evangelical according to a 2023 survey

Surge in growth of Catholics identifying as evangelical

Sinn Fein's Michelle Gildernew, pictured in 2020 while still MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, poses for a photograph outside the Houses of Parliament in central London (DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

MLA reacts to SF's Michelle Gildernew describing Northern Ireland as 's**thole'

Ian Paisley, representative for North Antrim from 1998 to 2024, was one of the key contributors to the Borderland show

DUP says Paisley contribution to show on Irish unity 'not on behalf of party'

Reg Empey said that the Ulster Unionist Party and its then leader David Trimble were honest about their talks with Gerry Adams in 1998, above, but the DUP lied about its pre 2007 contacts with Sinn Fein

Trevor Ringland: Let’s stop arguing and start promoting NI’s benefits

Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams in March 2007. But some in the DUP had been meeting SF well before then

Lord Empey: DUP's weasel words can’t conceal monstrous deception

The DUP lost seats to several parties in last year’s general election

Ross Hussey: DUP achieved power but at what cost to the Union?

Letters to editor

Letter: Questions for religious and political leaders on their role in Troubles
A letter from George Millar:
Letters

Former Northern Ireland first minister Peter Robinson stands beside a portrait of himself by artist Carol Graham, after it has been unveiled in the Great Hall at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Portrait of former first minister Peter Robinson unveiled at Stormont

Farage praised Mary-Lou McDonald, predicted an all Ireland and let down Reform’s TUV allies

Owen Polley: Unionists have reason to be wary of Farage and Reform

My late father, Rev Dr Robert Coulter MBE, left, pictured in the Sixties alongside the then Northern Ireland Prime Minister and Bannside Stormont MP Captain Terence O'Neill at a Loyal Order function in the constituency. My father tried to warn O'Neill that the PM's proposed reforms for the Province needed to include the loyalist working class.

Dr John Couler: Christian churches have a key role in connecting with loyalist w...

Tributes have poured in following the passing of one of Northern Ireland’s most respected business figures, John Walker, who died peacefully at Causeway Hospital on Friday, May 16, aged 86. Credit: Country Garage BMW Facebook

Tributes pour in after the death of one of NI’s most respected business figures

Andy Tyrie in UDA headquarters on Newtownards Road in Belfast, in November 1980. Photo: Pacemaker Press.

Andy Tyrie: Former UDA paramilitary leader dies

Andy Tyrie in UDA headquarters on Newtownards Road in Belfast, in November 1980. Photo: Pacemaker Press.

Andy Tyrie: Former UDA paramilitary leader dies

Letter to the editor

Letter: Rise of Reform is a bad omen for Northern Irish unionism

Pope Francis visited Phoenix Park in Dublin, as part of his visit to Ireland in 2018, and he visibly related warmly to people. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Alf McCreary: Pope Francis - a man of deep faith and humanity

Letters to editor

Letter: Free Presbyterians accepted SF/IRA in power, let alone Irish language

Morning View

Editorial: Nesbitt is right to slam Benn's views on both agreement and Irish

Ian Paisley speaking to Mark Carruthers on BBC Northern Ireland's Sunday Politics programme. Photo: screengrab from BBC iPlayer.

Ian Paisley says NI could benefit from if Trump hits Republic with tariffs

Chairman Ian Paisley has called for applications to The Gallaher Trust

Gallaher Trust calls for 2025 delivery partner applications

President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump arriving at Dulles International Airport on Saturday. Trump's inauguration takes place in Washington on Monday

Hopes that NI can have good relations with Donald Trump

NI comedian William Caulfield on his last 'Our Jimmy' tribute show

Comedian William Caulfield on 30 years of playing comedian James Young

Former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Ian Paisley is set to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump next week.

Ian Paisley to attend Donald Trump inauguration

Line dancing was a huge craze in the early 1990s

Retro: The line dancing craze of the early 1990s

The biggest conundrum remains, namely why did millions and millions of people vote for a candidate with such a flawed character? asks Alf McCreary

Alf McCreary: Trump's mastery of TV presentation evokes memories of Paisley

President-elect Donald Trump speaks in Washington yesterday (Friday November 13). He targeted evangelicals by being anti abortion. Does Trump have the courage to sit with the leaders of Russia, North Korea and China in the pursuit of peace? (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

John Coulter: Trump reflects a new dawn in Christian influence on politics

Relations between Reform UK and the TUV have cooled since Nigel Farage took over as leader. Photo: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Nigel Farage has ‘rejected’ TUV pact – Ben Habib

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

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