Jeffrey Donaldson

DUP MP for East Belfast Gavin Robinson was speaking ahead of talks between the main five parties at Hillsborough Castle on Monday.

DUP: Talks aren't an indication a deal is closer

The DUP's deputy leader Gavin Robinson says there has been a total failure by the government to address concerns about the Windsor Framework. Photo: PressEye

Government needs to move on talks - DUP

The DUP's deputy leader Gavin Robinson says there has been a total failure by the government to address concerns about the Windsor Framework. Photo: PressEye

DUP: Talks no indication a deal is closer

Mr Beattie said his party has always called for a “factory reset” to the settings of the 1998 agreement, which received the support of over 71% of the electorate in a referendum at the time(Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Any changes to Stormont Executive ‘must be put to the people’ – Beattie

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris MP,

Sinn Fein attempt to turn up heat over Stormont return is batted away by NIO

Baroness Kate Hoey says she hasn't seen enough progress for Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to sell a deal to his party on Stormont's return.

Allister says key test for deal can't be fudged

UK Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron and the EU Vice President Maroš Šefčovič met on Wednesday, where they discussed "implementation" of the Windsor Framework. Photo: European Commission.

London “not serious” about restoring equal citizenship – Allister

(left to right) Tanaiste Micheal Martin, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris and Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan, at Farmleigh House, Dublin during the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference

NI Secretary looking for a 'sustainable Executive that lasts the course'

Alderman James Tinsley, LCCC Veterans Champion; Mr Danny Kinahan, the Northern Ireland Veterans’ Commissioner; Mr Peter Mackie, High Sheriff; The Deputy Lord Lieutenant Mrs Pauline Shields, OBE, DL; Mayor Councillor Andrew Gowan; Lyn Bulgin, Greenfinch, Rosemary Craig, Greenfinch; Mr David Burns, Chief Executive; The Right Reverend Darren James McCartney, the rector of St. Paul’s Parish; Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP; Reverend Nicholas Dark and Ronnie Nesbitt and Councillors are pictured with the Greenfinches at the event

Thanksgiving service held to mark 50th anniversary of UDR's Greenfinches

Peter Robinson is backing one of his successors as DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson in a return to Stormont. Interventions by Lord Dodds and Sammy Wilson were the confirmation that there is an unavoidable split in the party

Ben Lowry: DUP divide is now clear, and it is over the primacy of EU law in NI

The EU has made clear that the Windsor Framework is not up for negotiation.

EU silent on DUP sea border ask

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has reiterated the DUP's position on how any deal will be assessed by the party. Photo: Presseye/Stephen Hamilton

Donaldson: Stormont only works with cross-community consent

Unionist leaders Doug Beattie, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Jim Allister have had varying approaches to dealing with the post-Brexit trade arrangements.

Protocol ‘straitjacket’ will prevent DUP's customs ask – Allister

Stormont has been without a fully functioning executive since February 2022. Not everyone in unionism sees the benefits of devolution or is happy with any imminent return to Stormont

Philip Smith: Time to make NI work and drop the unionist defeatism

Ben Habib - who was involved in a legal case against the NI Protocol - says he can't see how Chris Heaton-Harris could give "any sort of satisfaction" on Sir Jeffrey's call on customs processes. Photo: Pacemaker.

Sir Jeffrey running out of time – Ben Habib

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is awaiting action from the Government over long-running talks to address unionist concerns on post-Brexit trading arrangements.
Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Reports Donaldson and Heaton-Harris cancel US trip
The DUP have downplayed the significance of media reports on cancelled US trips by Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and the Secretary of State amid speculation on a deal on Irish Sea border checks.

The issue of EU law is seen as central for some unionists seeking to remove the Irish Sea border. (Pic: PA Images)

UK and Brussels confirm EU law is here to stay

The DUP should not return to the assembly until the Northern Ireland Protocol, which will cause widening separation with the rest of the UK, is scrapped. Westminster considers power-sharing devolved government to be an essential part of a process designed to secure an all Ireland

Bob McCartney: Staying out of Stormont is only card left against Irish unity

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP has defended the fundamentals of the Windsor Framework as a benefit to Northern Ireland.
Photo: Jonathan Porter / Press Eye

Heaton-Harris says EU law benefits NI - now and in the future

Jim Allister MLA has called Peter Robinson's intervention on DUP - Government talks over the Irish Sea border "folly".

Allister hits out at Robinson's "flawed analysis" on Stormont return

"No self-respecting unionist" could support EU law in NI - Bryson

Letters to editor

Letter: It will be disaster if DUP returns to Stormont without seven tests met

DUP peer Nigel Dodds. Photo: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Only one chance to effect change to NI Protocol so talks ‘critical’: Lord Dodds

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is awaiting action from the Government over long-running talks to address unionist concerns on post-Brexit trading arrangements.
Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

DUP waiting for government action on trading arrangement talks

Before the last Assembly election Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said border checks “are the symptom of the underlying problem, namely, that Northern Ireland is subject to a different set of laws imposed upon us by a foreign entity” Presseye/Stephen Hamilton.

Analysis: The DUP's seven tests and the 'problem' of EU Law

A protest sign against EU trade restrictions on goods coming into NI from GB last year at the port of Larne. The Windsor Framework did not correct an “underlying mistake” in the Northern Ireland Protocol, a Westminster committee has heard.
Photo Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker Press

Windsor Framework did not correct ‘mistake’ in protocol, peers told

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has show solidarity with Israel - and should show the same solidarity with his fellow British citizens here in Northern Ireland when it comes to arrangements with the EU, writes Harry Patterson

Letter: Change in the mood music around Windsor Framework
A letter from Harry Patterson:

Letters to editor

Letter: A return to Stormont is a defeat for unionism

The DUP and TUV policy to stay out of the assembly is shown in a poll to have the support of the grassroots of unionism, says Kate Hoey

Unionists do not want Stormont back until there is no sea border, says Kate Hoey

Council workers from Newry, Mourne and Down District Council help clean up flood-stricken Downpatrick, Co Down, on Monday. Pic:: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Northern Ireland flooding: Chris Heaton-Harris pledges help 'where possible'

Work continued across the weekend in Downpatrick to pump the floodwater out of the town.

Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn criticises flooding support

Sir Jeffrey insisted gaps remain, adding his party is set to meet the government later this week. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

DUP talks with government ‘have not concluded’ – Sir Jeffrey Donaldson

Prospects of Stormont deal ‘seem to have ebbed’ says Tanaiste Micheal Martin

Prospects of Stormont deal ‘seem to have ebbed’ says Tanaiste Micheal Martin

Short of a miracle the Irish Sea border will stay, perhaps the greatest reverse in Northern Ireland’s place in the UK since its creation. Irreparable change has been imposed on NI so that nationalists can continue to pretend there’s no land frontier

Owen Polley: No hype or appeals for ‘optimism’ will alter fact of sea border

Party leader Micheal Martin after addressing the Fianna Fail annual conference at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre in Dublin

Irish government needs 'clarity' on NI Executive, says Tanaiste Micheal Martin

Former DUP MLA David Hilditch, who has sadly died at the age of 59

Tributes paid to former DUP MLA David Hilditch who has sadly died

DUP online tribute to David Hilditch

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson leads tributes after death of former MLA David Hilditch

The aftermath of Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis, Friday, Now. 3, 2023. Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says: "Israel has the right to defend itself. And we will defend that right. But ultimately, our experience in Northern Ireland is that people feel more secure when there is peace” (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

DUP leader Donaldson suggests possible joint UK-Ireland peace bid in Middle East

It has been clear for a while that he wants the DUP to return to Stormont, and his speech to his party conference last month was explicit about that. Pic Arthur Allison, Pacemaker

Ben Lowry: Yes, our editorial on Stormont was blunt - but for a reason

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has told his party faithful that he wants to see a deal from Government which restores Northern Ireland’s place in the UK internal market and which respects the province's place within the union. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Donaldson: Government must restore NI in UK internal market

The ongoing abstention from Stormont is not only harming prosperity, opportunity and wellbeing but pushing a negative unionism

UUP deputy leader: Unionists are saying a resounding yes to Stormont

Letters to editor

Letter: Mixed, indeed confused, messages from the DUP on a daily basis

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP), Billy Hutchinson (Progressive Party), Doug Beattie (UUP) and Jim Allister (TUV) at Stormont on Ulster Day 2021. They all agreed that implementation of the Irish Sea border has the effect of subjugating the Acts of Union. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

Jamie Bryson: I concur with the News Letter editorial about Stormont

DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson wrote a letter to the editor, criticising an editorial in the News Letter on the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Photo: Presseye/Stephen Hamilton

TUV challenges Jeffrey after ‘letter to editor’ on Protocol

Sir Jeffrey in a letter to the News Letter repeats an apparent contradiction highlighted in our editorial, that if Stormont is so vital how can the DUP say no to it? Instead he repeats the point, saying that while the party has a "record of saying yes" it “will not be afraid to say no" if a deal from London is not best for the Union. Photo by Matt Mackey / Press Eye

New DUP hint at Stormont return, with Donaldson swipe at 'negative' News Letter

"I still believe in devolution," write Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP, pictured during his speech at the DUP annual conference in Belfast on October 14. "We have a record of saying yes, and leading from the front, when it’s right to do so" Photo: Presseye/Stephen Hamilton

DUP leader: The News Letter might concede defeat, but we will not do so

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said significant gaps still remained between the DUP and the government over a return to devolution

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson: No guarantee of Stormont return before end of year

Future of Unionism debate at Queen's University

Unionist leaders set to go head to head in 'future of unionism' debate

Reconciliation needed before unification suggests Irish deputy premier Micheal Martin

Reconciliation needed before unification suggests Micheal Martin

Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Alex Maskey, welcomes the US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs Joseph P Kennedy III and Ambassador Jane Hartley to Parliament Buildings last night. They came to Parliament Buildings for an event in support of the US Senior Business Delegation’s economy focused visit to Northern Ireland. Photo Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Significant gaps still remain in trade border impasse talks – Donaldson

Harland & Wolff welcomed to its Belfast shipyard Joseph Kennedy III

Senior US business delegation to visit Northern Ireland

Rishi Sunak described a DUP proposal for an East-West Council as having 'considerable merit; and praised Sir Jeffrey’s conference speech. If this wasn’t choreography, it was taking on that appearance. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Owen Polley: DUP and UUP need to be honest that border threatens our place in UK

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson dismisses the idea of a united Ireland during his lifetime

Red and Green lanes are now operational at Northern Ireland ports. Pic: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

DUP leader hopeful of a 'comprehensive proposal' on Stormont within weeks

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Sunak support for DUP's east-west council plan to strengthen the Union