Democratic Unionist Party

The latest news, analysis, and comment on Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)

Northern Irish political parties gear up for July election with Sinn Féin seeking to overtake DUP

The DUP has eight MPs, while ‘abstentionist’ Sinn Féin has seven

Ukrainian refugees to have welfare allowances cut from €232 per week to €38.80, under new plan

Jim O’Callaghan says Government could designate Northern Ireland a safe third country after Belfast judgment

Fractured political relationships hampered North’s response to Covid pandemic, inquiry told

Arlene Foster, Michelle O’Neill and Edwin Poots are expected to be among those witnesses to give evidence

Harris holds first call with Sunak as Taoiseach but Troubles Legacy Act not discussed

Leaders of both countries hold ‘very good call’ before Taoiseach spoke to North’s First Minister and Deputy First Minister

Donaldson resignation: Heaton-Harris welcomes pledges to ensure stability of Stormont

Jeffrey Donaldson’s resignation letter to DUP said he intends to contest charges, it has been reported

The DUP can appoint a new leader, but it can’t change how voters associate the party with Jeffrey Donaldson

There is no precedent for this sort of crisis in Northern Ireland politics. The long-term fallout will be the DUP's biggest challenge

Does the Belfast Agreement need reforming, and can this be done now that Stormont is back?

Now more than 25 years old, the Belfast Agreement is showing signs of age. So how can it be reformed, if at all?

Man removed from plane after ‘verbal altercation’ with DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson

DUP source says man was verbally abusive towards Jeffrey Donaldson

DUP’s best option is to say the Stormont brake has been tested and then move swiftly on

DUP has never promised this test would block an EU law. The party has only said it will show Stormont has been given “democratic scrutiny” and “the ability to have a say”.

First motion on extension of EU law to Northern Ireland defeated at Stormont

Proposed regulation would create ‘new regulatory border within the UK’, DUP says as party votes against law

Every Troubles death left ‘injustices and tragedies’, says Michelle O’Neill

Micheál Martin says Kenova report shows PIRA’s campaign of violence ‘essentially an attack on its own community’

Ian Paisley says he will take plants to NI in hand luggage amid trade ‘friction’

DUP MP volunteers to bring stock from English wholesaler for constituent during debate on post-Brexit trade

UK not considering Belfast Agreement reform ‘at this time’ in light of powersharing report

Recent restoration of North’s devolved institutions earlier cited as main reason for keeping existing arrangements

Casement Park redevelopment: ‘People said it will never happen but I was firm believer it would’

Preparation work gets underway for derelict Belfast GAA ground’s next role as a venue for Uefa Euro 2028 soccer tournament

DUP’s claims of ‘significant further advances’ don’t stack up

The genius of the Windsor Framework was that it allowed Donaldson to climb down from his own petard

Nationalism would have let the DUP baby have its bottle, except the SDLP threw the toys out

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is fortunate nationalism is not laughing openly at the party’s deal with the British government

Northern Ireland has a chance to insulate itself from the madness of Brexit - the DUP deal puts this at risk

Last week’s DUP deal underlines the North’s links to the British market and casts doubts on its willingness to follow EU rules - this puts a big opportunity at risk

Michelle O’Neill elected first nationalist First Minister in ‘new dawn’ for Northern Ireland politics

Sinn Féin vice-president pledged to work with unionists in an ‘Assembly for all - Catholic, Protestant and dissenter’, as Stormont reconvenes following two years of political deadlock

History suggests Mary Lou McDonald’s comments on unity are wildly exaggerated

Those on both sides of the unity argument need to find answers that go beyond sloganeering

DUP deal to provide ‘real change’ for North, says Donaldson, as restoration of powersharing looms

EU to ‘analyse carefully’ agreement that pledges ‘unfettered access’ to Britain while removing most post-Brexit checks on goods

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