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# UUP

This week
19th March 2023 - 24th March 2023
# windsor framework
SDLP may abstain on 'Stormont brake' vote, with Colum Eastwood saying it 'muddies the water'
The brake would allow a minority of MLAs at Stormont to formally flag concerns about the imposition of new EU laws in Northern Ireland.
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February 2023
# Northern Ireland
'The end has come': Despair as insurance costs cancel Northern Ireland road racing season
It is not yet clear if road racing events in the south will go ahead.
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Feb 10th 2023, 2:01 PM
# Tayto
Top Tory Tom Tugendhat performs U-turn after tripping up over Tayto tweet
Minister of State Tom Tugendhat referred to Tayto preferences as “an ecumenical matter”.
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Feb 7th 2023, 4:35 PM
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2022
# hate crime
Desecration of wreaths and tributes at site of Co Down atrocity condemned
18 British soldiers were killed at Narrow Water in an IRA bomb attack in 1979.
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Sep 25th 2022, 4:58 PM
# UUP
Doug Beattie says the lack of checks on Ukrainian refugees shows Protocol checks are also not needed
The UUP leader said it was “quite right” that refugees are not subject to checks
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May 9th 2022, 12:30 PM
# Assembly election
Here's how much the North's parties spent on ads on Facebook ahead of the Assembly election
Over £30,000 has been spent by the five main parties during the election campaign.
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May 4th 2022, 8:00 PM
# The North
Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie vows not to be intimidated after office attack
His constituency office was targeted hours after he criticised loyalist rallies against the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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Mar 28th 2022, 2:38 PM
Voices
Opinion: Doug Beattie's tweets highlight the widespread misogyny in Northern Ireland politics
In order to tackle toxic masculinity in everyday life, we need political leaders to take ownership of their own actions, writes Emma DeSouza.
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Jan 27th 2022, 8:30 AM
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# State of the Union
'A lot of people feel they’re not being listened to': What do NI's unionists want after Brexit?
Not all unionists are opposed to the Protocol – so how will their politics change in the years ahead?
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Dec 11th 2021, 9:00 PM
# Northern Ireland
DUP slips behind unionist rivals UUP and TUV in opinion poll
A poll by Lucid Talk on behalf of the Belfast Telegraph shows support for the DUP has fallen by three percentage points since May.
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Aug 28th 2021, 8:00 AM
# Van Morrison
UUP leader wants Ian Paisley to apologise in public for ‘dangerous’ chant
A row erupted after four gigs by Van Morrison at the Belfast hotel were cancelled at the last minute on Thursday.
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Jun 14th 2021, 7:38 PM
# Stormont Executive
DUP and Sinn Fein urged to ‘keep powersharing show on the road’
Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said the Stormont Executive ‘has to last’.
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May 30th 2021, 4:28 PM
# Northern Ireland
Steve Aiken to resign as leader of Ulster Unionist Party
Aiken will remain in his post until a successor is chosen.
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May 8th 2021, 1:03 PM
# bobby storey
UUP leader questions inspectorate probe into PSNI’s handling of Storey funeral
Steve Aiken likened the review to ‘marking the police service’s own homework’.
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Apr 2nd 2021, 2:08 PM
# Northern Ireland
Day two of Stormont talks rumble on - but Sinn Féin is confident it will secure Irish language support
UUP leader Steven Aiken said he was unsure of how close the parties were to a deal.
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Jan 3rd 2020, 4:10 PM
# Results
Here's a list of MPs elected in Northern Ireland
The latest results from the 18 constituencies in the North.
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Dec 13th 2019, 12:28 PM
# Brexit
Sinn Féin MP says unionist farmers will help her keep her seat in general election
Michelle Gildernew will be trying to keep her seat against the UUP’s Tom Elliot in the famously closely fought constituency.
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Nov 17th 2019, 3:33 PM
# intimidation
Northern Ireland’s police chief appeals for calm during upcoming UK general election
His comments come as officers continue to investigate telephone threats made to Ulster Unionist Party.
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Nov 5th 2019, 2:31 PM
# pact
DUP to step aside and support UUP candidate in Fermanagh
Arlene Foster said she believes in unionist co-operation.
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Nov 2nd 2019, 6:10 PM
# Belfast
Investigation launched over threats towards Ulster Unionist Party staff
The DUP has also condemned the alleged intimidation.
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Nov 1st 2019, 9:49 PM
# Northern Ireland
'It's all over the place': What next for the Ulster Unionist Party?
UUP leader Robin Swann announced that he was stepping down this week.
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Oct 6th 2019, 10:00 PM
# UUP
Robin Swann to step down as leader of Ulster Unionists
Swann will remain in the role until the party’s next annual general meeting in 2020.
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Sep 30th 2019, 4:41 PM
# new faces
Nationalist-unionist duopoly broken in Northern Ireland's MEP elections as three women take seats
The Alliance Party’s Naomi Long was elected with the DUP’s Diane Dodds and Martina Anderson of Sinn Féin.
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May 27th 2019, 7:06 PM
# Lord Kilclooney
'I thought it was a parody': Varadkar reacts to Lord's tweet calling him 'typical Indian'
Lord Kilclooney’s remark was met with condemnation and he received a significant amount of backlash online.
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May 1st 2018, 5:44 PM
# 20 years on
Explainer: What is the Good Friday Agreement?
The 20th anniversary of the landmark deal is being marked – here’s what’s in it.
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Mar 30th 2018, 10:00 AM
# Beware the ides of March
Arlene Foster says all is well in the DUP despite rumours of revolt
Unionist parties have lost their absolute majority for the first time since partition in 1921.
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Mar 6th 2017, 9:18 PM
# three week deadline
'We can’t have another groundhog day at Stormont': Gerry Adams weighs in on Northern election
If talks on forming a government collapse, a possible return to direct rule from Westminster is on the table.
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Mar 6th 2017, 2:30 PM
# Get smart fast
The Northern Ireland elections explained, in five controversies
Voters go to the polls tomorrow. Here’s what you need to know.
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Mar 1st 2017, 6:00 AM
# don't copy the south
Northern Ireland's election is happening today, but will there be any change?
The polls are open in the assembly elections in Northern Ireland.
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May 5th 2016, 7:51 AM
# loggerheads
The UUP and the DUP are on different sides of the great Brexit debate
The UUP announced today that they want the UK to stay in the EU.
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Mar 5th 2016, 1:56 PM
# haven't gone away
Provisional IRA members leafleting and electioneering for Sinn Féin - report
Two reports into the current status of the Provisional IRA have been published today. Here’s what they say…
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Oct 20th 2015, 11:10 PM
# crisis point
Explainer: What on earth is going on in Northern Ireland?
With the executive on the brink of collapse, what are the likely outcomes?
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Sep 11th 2015, 5:08 PM
# The IRA debate
'How dare she': Joan Burton hits back at Mary Lou
The debate over the status of the IRA rages on, with rounds of meetings today in Dublin, London and Belfast.
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Sep 1st 2015, 1:20 PM
# The IRA debate
Peter Robinson is back from his holidays and he's taking aim at the UUP
The first minister’s back on the scene – and he’s had a thing or two to say about the raging IRA debate.
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Aug 31st 2015, 6:20 PM
# Pulling out
UUP to withdraw from Executive: 'We will not stay while Sinn Féin ignores IRA murders'
Mike Nesbitt said a vote will be taken by the party executive on Saturday.
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Aug 26th 2015, 6:00 PM
# standing together
"I want to see unionists cooperating": DUP and UUP sign historic election pact
It’s across four constituencies.
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Mar 18th 2015, 8:28 AM
# Flegs
DUP and UUP fanned flames of violent flag riots but lost control
Research from Queen’s says the parties did more than anyone to heighten tensions.
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Dec 3rd 2014, 10:39 PM
# Election 14
Here’s a crash course on how the European Elections are shaping up in Northern Ireland
Haven’t been following the race up North? Here’s a taster.
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May 22nd 2014, 7:40 AM
# War of Words
"A deception by omission" - Robinson says the DUP was misled over 'on-the runs'
Martin McGuinness disagrees saying that if the DUP’s outbusts are about appeasing hardline unionists and electioneering.
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Feb 28th 2014, 1:32 PM
# edged out
'Chuckling' relationship with McGuinness hastened my departure --- Paisley
The former DUP leader has detailed how senior party figures edged him out as First Minister of Northern Ireland.
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Jan 20th 2014, 10:20 AM
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