Democratic Unionist Party

SF and DUP clash over attitude to Tyrone footballers

Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Sinn Fein and the DUP have clashed over Sports Minister Gregory Campbell's failure to congratulate Tyrone's All-Ireland winning footballers.

DUP accused of harking back to age of unionist rule

Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

Relations between Sinn Fein and the DUP appear to be deteriorating as a row over the devolution of policing and justice continues to impede the work of the North's power-sharing Executive.

…this cannot become some squalid Orange versus Green argument.

Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

The DUP Edcuation spokesperson, Mervyn Storey, writing in the Belfast Telegraph outlines a means of overcoming the present impasse on education . It proposes a three year interim period while the new means of transfer are agreed. He also makes explicit mention of the Dickson plan: We support acceptable solutions such as the Dickson Plan. This period could be used to examine the feasibility and resource...

Roughing it in the desert

Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday

We got up early for out ATV tour in the desert in Primm Valley MV. We were pricke dup by our tour guide Seth at 8am. Hewas the same tour guide that Adrian had back in 2006 and he remembered that Adrian had taken a tour with him. He drove us about 45 minutes away from the strip to the middle of the desert. We put on our helmets and gloves and practiced riding our 4 wheel ATV in a circle for 5 minu

42 day Detention - Why should Ireland Care

Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | yesterday

What is 42 day detention? 42 day detention is part of the new counter terrorism bill that the British government is trying to pass. The bill successfully made it’s way through the House of Commons thanks to the last minute help of the Democratic Unionists. We do not know what the Democratic Unionists were offered in return for their votes but it has been suggested that honours and titles may have been...

Hints of “Or else devolution gets it”?

Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

Martin McGuinness spoke yesterday at the Civil Rights commemoration event at the Guildhall in Londonderry. He offered two conspiracy theories about Unionism that some wanted a return to the 1960’s and that the DUP was not moving as it was looking over its shoulders. The speech also appeared to make two implied threats to devolution: “It isn’t just about whether there is or is not an Executive meeting...

Back to arguing

Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

After a brief appearance of possible civility : SF and the DUP seem to be back to attacking one another's position in the executive. The problems of course are lack of trust, fundamentally differing aspirations, the legacy of the past etc, etc. but at the moment they are manifesting as differing views of the nature of the partnership government forced by mandatory coalition.

DUP element trying to undermine NI power-sharing - SF

Blog Posts about Irish TDs - (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

Mr McGuinness claimed this analysis was supported by recent comments from former taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British prime minister Gordon Brown “If partnership government is beyond the DUP then it will fall to the two governments to …... Continue reading »

DUP element trying to undermine NI power-sharing - SF

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

Elements of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) hark back to the days of unionist rule and hope to undermine Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government, Sinn Féin claimed today.

• DUP element trying to undermine NI power-sharing - SF - SAOIRSE32

Adams calls some elements in DUP 'bigots'

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

The standoff between Sinn Féin and the DUP was exacerbated last night after Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams told an American audience that there are elements in the DUP who are bigots and don't "want a Catholic about the place".

North-South meeting cancelled due to SF-DUP row

Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008

A planned meeting of the North South Ministerial Council today has been cancelled due to the ongoing stalemate in the North's power-sharing Executive.

Time for DUP to end internal division over Long Kesh site

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008

Sunday Journal.ie **Via Newshound 28 September 2008 Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has called for the DUP to end their internal debates over the future of the Long Kesh site and urged the Culture Minister Gregory Campbell to get on with delivering on the sites potential and the creation thousands of much needed jobs. Raymond McCartney said: "Minister Campbell must be decisive and move the Long...

Keep your distance - two attacks on UUP / Tory talks

Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008

I’ve encountered two attacks on the UUP / Tory talks today. One is from the perspective of Irish nationalism , penned by Fionnula O’Connor in the Irish Times. The other is written (poorly) from the ‘ourselves alone’ standpoint of the DUP and was purportedly first carried in Fortnight magazine. O’Connor’s piece is a dismissive canter through the whys and wherefores of any proposed deal. The central...

Self praise where it isn’t due

Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008

In October and November 2007 Michael McGimpsey rejected the draft budget as it squeezed the Health allocation. In January 2008 his demands for a greater allocation to Health were finally accepted by the DUP Finance Minister after some unpleasantness . Following Michael’s recent decision, the DUP call this ” sound financial planning ” on their part. In March 2007 the UUP had the abolition of prescription...

Today's meeting of Northern Executive and planned Ministers' session unlikely to go ahead

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008

TODAY'S MEETING of the deadlocked Northern Executive and a planned meeting of Ministers from Stormont and the Government tomorrow are highly unlikely to go ahead, despite efforts to break the impasse affecting the DUP and Sinn Féin.