Sentences with phrase «dup first»

Only this morning, the BBC reported on the decision by Elliot to demote a UUP Assembly member for suggesting that a UUP junior minister could work under a DUP first minister.

Divided on the most significant issue facing Northern Ireland since the peace process, relations between DUP first minister Arlene Foster and her then deputy, the late Martin McGuinness, quickly deteriorated.

Not exact matches

The first phase of exit negotiations should have concluded in October, but only ended last week after a last - minute push to bring May's junior coalition partner — Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)-- on board with the deal.

I decided to keep the sauce really super duper simple, because, first, this is kinda traditional, and, second, making homemade gnocchi is stressful enough if you're a novice, don't go crazy for the condiment too.

Not that I use any super duper foul language or anything else, I would say I am more in between, anyways, I goofed and if you have time might want to zapp me from the first category.

Sinn Fein have called on the DUP to agree to power sharing by the deadline and chief negotiator Martin McGuiness has written to Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain to confirm he will serve as deputy first minister if asked.

Democratic Unionist party (DUP) leader Peter Robinson is back as Northern Ireland's first minister, after claiming his wife's scandal did not pose a legal threat to him.

«March 26th is cast in stone,» Mr Hain stressed, giving DUP leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuiness until midnight on Sunday to come forward as first and deputy first minister.

The DUP leader Ian Paisley and Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern today shared their first public handshake.

The DUP refused to attend the last executive meetings and deputy first minister, Sinn Fein's Martin McGuiness, said he was «excited» by their presence.

Unless DUP leader Foster agrees to quit as first minister, at least temporarily, a Stormont election will be triggered within weeks.

As with the Tories Labour would also call on the DUP and Liberal Democrats first if those parties were sufficient to yield a majority, on the basis that the SNP will be harder for Labour to do a deal with, especially given their differences over Trident.

A government led by Theresa May and propped up by the DUP would appear at first glance to be a progressive's worst nightmare.

While the SDLP sprung a surprise in 1998 by overtaking a DUP candidate to win the final seat due to Ulster Unionist transfers — the first time that any nationalist candidate has benefited in this way.

At the moment, the Northern Ireland Assembly is run by the DUP's Peter Robinson as First Minister and Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin as Deputy First Minister.

The Donaldson brothers and DUP MPs Ian Paisley Junior and Emma Little Pengelly, who was a special adviser to the DUP's then - first minister Peter Robinson, set up another company to give peace - building advice to overseas governments and organisations.

In an historic occasion, DUP leader Ian Paisley revoked his long - standing policy of not talking to Sinn Fein to meet for the first time with republican leader Gerry Adams.

Irish taoiseach Brian Cowen said such violence had been comprehensively rejected, while Northern Ireland's first minister Peter Robinson, leader of the DUP, said the shootings were a «terrible reminder of the events of the past».

Northern Ireland's first minister Peter Robinson, leader of the DUP, said the shootings were a «terrible reminder of the events of the past».

* The joint Ulster Unionist / Conservative party candidate, Jim Nicholson, did well, coming close behind the DUP on first preference votes.

[96] Their leader, Peter Robinson, said that the DUP would talk first to whichever party wins the most seats.

Low - January 11th: Robinson scandal - DUP leader Peter Robinson was forced to temporarily stand down from his role as first minister after the scandal about his wife Iris Robinson's financial and sexual activities with a 19 - year - old broke.

However, the first signs from the key players were not good, with the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) insisting it was not prepared to form a power - sharing government with Sinn Fein.

This internal struggle saw the DUP take prominence, with Ian Paisley now set to take over as first minister at Stormont.

After openDemocracy first reported the scale of the record donation to the DUP's lavish Brexit campaign, Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire announced an end to donor secrecy in NI.

In the case of the DUP, we first rang their campaign manager Jeffrey Donaldson to ask him how he found out about the company almost a year ago.

Former First Minister Peter Robinson, for example, who was DUP leader and Northern Ireland's first minister until last year, was an active member of Ulster ResistFirst Minister Peter Robinson, for example, who was DUP leader and Northern Ireland's first minister until last year, was an active member of Ulster Resistfirst minister until last year, was an active member of Ulster Resistance.

The DUP leader and Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has lost his East Belfast seat to Naomi Long of the Alliance Party.

This is my first recipe post back after the New Year and it only seems fitting that we make a super duper cozy meal filled with veggies.

First, they are super duper supportive!

The first is super duper seafaring cuteness!

Okay you are so gorgeous and LOVE these glasses!!!! Also super duper love that first picture, uhmazing!

Exploring both her past with the DUP, and the two years prior when she was living on the streets with her brother, First Light is a microcosm of everything that was both good and bad with Sucker Punch's newest iteration of its super powered franchise.

Below 2500, it's super duper sluggish in anything except first gear.

Zedd was a bit grumbly at first but after 2 or 3 days, he is a super duper love bug!!

To us, it's a must have for all dog owners and it can be used as a super duper healthy treat, reward or as its first purpose, a food topper.

The UK's most - watched YouTube channel the Yogscast and the world's fastest growing digital retailer Green Man Gaming are sharing the first of a series of infographic results from their super duper winter survey.

Infamous: First Light starts off with Fetch, one of the more memorable characters from Infamous: Second Son, telling her story while being held captive by the paramilitary DUP right before the events of Second Son.

From there the story moves at a brisk pace, covering ground fast as Delsin takes the fight to the DUP while also searching Seattle, the first real city to be used in the series, for the other escaped Conduits to up his powers.

The recent announcement by Ian Paisley that he was resigning his dual leadership roles, as First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive and as Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader, almost a year after the restoration of a devolved power - sharing Assembly based in Stormont, Belfast, is perhaps an apposite time to assess the successes of the latest (hopefully permanent) attempt at devolving law - making powers to a region in the UK, and also to evaluate the robustness of institutionalised power - sharing as it meets the myriad challenges confronting the fledgling Assembly.

Echoing DUP views, Blair argued that Sinn Fein must show active support for law and order; but that in addition, the DUP, representing the majority of the unionist electorate, must in turn agree to the restoration of a power - sharing executive — with probably Martin McGuinness, vice president of Sinn Fein, becoming the Deputy First Minister of the executive and NIA, presumably serving under Paisley as First Minister.