Democratic Unionist Party
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Crucial Anglo-Irish talks held to avert political crisis in Northern Ireland...accuse the DUP of failing to support agreements on the timing of the move, claiming the DUP leadership is under pressure from hardliners. The DUP has called on Government to agree to a series of moves before the party supports... In this article: Democratic Unionist Party, Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson, Government, Taoiseach, Good Friday, Orange Order, and Martin McGuinness |
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BBC News | 10 hours ago
Brown and Cowen in London meeting
Sinn Fein and the DUP are at loggerheads over policing and justice Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to meet his Irish counterpart Brian Cowen in Downing Street on Monday. It follows another weekend of wrangling between the DUP and Sinn...
In this article: DUP, Sinn Fein, Brian Cowen, Gordon Brown, Peter Robinson, Martin McGuinness, London, Taoiseach, and Downing Street
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DUP causing 'justice train-wreck'
...encourage co-operation and compromise and end the potential of blackmail by stalemate," he told a DUP meeting in Foyle last week. The DUP leader has said policing devolution will only take place when there is sufficient community...
In this article: Sinn Fein, Peter Robinson, Martin McGuinness, Brian Cowen, and Taoiseach
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Independent.ie | 1 day ago
Two men arrested over cocaine and cannabis discovery in flood-hit town EUR21m fund available to train Dell staff No winner of EUR2.7m Lotto jackpot Bid to speed up devolution of powers Calls for Dun Laoghaire parking cuts Woman dies after being struck by van Retired solicitor leaves EUR3.3m in will
...also used the hour-long meeting in Tullamore, Co Offaly, to raise his concerns over comments made by First Minister Peter Robinson. The DUP leader recently said he would only agree to a deal on devolution when his party believed there was...
In this article: Dun Laoghaire, DUP, Cocaine, Dell, Cannabis, Sinn Fein, Martin McGuinness, Peter Robinson, Downing Street, and Brian Cowen
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SF and DUP justice row continues
Peter Robinson made his comments after a meeting with the prime minister A war of words has erupted between Sinn Fein and the DUP over the devolution of policing and justice to NI. DUP leader Peter Robinson has accused Sinn Fein of...
In this article: DUP, Peter Robinson, Sinn Fein, Martin McGuinness, and Orange Order
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SF to raise DUP stance on justice
He said his party needed the British and Irish governments to explain how they would deal with the situation. The DUP has said it did not think a date could be set before Christmas. The party's East Londonderry MP, Gregory...
In this article: DUP, Sinn Fein, Martin McGuinness, and Gordon Brown
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ITN Headline News - UK News | November 21, 2009
DUP 'will not walk away from Assembly'
...returning to direct rule from London would consign unionists to second class citizenship, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has said. Peter Robinson said alleged Sinn Fein threats to the devolved institutions were...
In this article: Sinn Fein, Jim Allister, Peter Robinson, London, Conservative Party, Ulster Unionist, and Belfast
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DUP 'cannot guarantee assembly'
Mr Robinson said the DUP would not walk away from power sharing Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has admitted he cannot guarantee the future of the assembly. However, the DUP leader said his party would not be walking away...
In this article: DUP, Peter Robinson, Sinn Fein, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Best interests, and London
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DUP meet for annual conference
DUP activists have gathered in County Down for the party's annual conference. The British and Irish governments will watch carefully for any hint on whether the party is prepared to move forwards with the devolution of justice. The...
In this article: DUP, Traditional Unionist Voice, Nigel Dodds, Peter Robinson, Jim Allister, and Belfast
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DUP rejects report on Troubles
The report was written by Lord Eames and Denis Bradley The DUP has officially rejected the Eames Bradley Report on the past. The party has reaffirmed its view that there can be no moral or legal equivalence between innocent victims and...
In this article: DUP, Denis Bradley, Lord Eames, Northern Ireland, and Shaun Woodward
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DUP - Reserve not a precondition
In this article: DUP, Peter Robinson, Martin McGuinness, PSNI, Sinn Fein, Alliance, and Micheal Martin
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The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is the largest party in Northern Ireland and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The DUP has strong links to Protestant churches, particularly the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, the church Ian Paisley founded, and is considered a Protestant political party. The party has a youth wing at Queen's University Belfast under the title Democratic Unionist Association (DUA) and also at the University of Ulster.
Following on from the St Andrews Agreement in October 2006, the DUP has agreed with the Irish republican party Sinn Féin to enter into power-sharing devolved government in Northern Ireland. In the aftermath of the agreement there were reports of divisions within the DUP. Many of its leading members, including Members of Parliament (MPs) Nigel Dodds, David Simpson and Gregory Campbell were claimed to be in opposition to Paisley. All the party's MPs fully signed up to the manifesto for the 2007 Assembly elections, supporting power sharing in principle. An overwhelming majority of the party executive voted in favour of restoring devolution in a meeting in March 2007; however, the DUP's sole Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Jim Allister, and seven DUP councillors later resigned from the party in opposition to its plans to share power with Sinn Féin. They founded the Traditional Unionist Voice in December 2007.
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