Devolved powersharing had been restored to Northern Ireland in May 2000 when Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble had received the backing of his party to go back into the Assembly, despite there ...

Devolved powersharing had been restored to Northern Ireland in May 2000 when Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble received the backing of his party to go back into the Assembly, despite there ...

Mr Durkan argued that Mr Trimble was not only not saleable to nationalists, but also not saleable to half of the UUP – to which Mr Blair and Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid are said to have ...

The Executive at its meeting in June 2000 led by first minister David Trimble and deputy first minister Seamus Mallon expressed concern over whether regional development minister Peter Robinson ...

Michael Collins, the official who would go on to be Ireland’s ambassador to the US, wrote in a confidential memo: “On the border poll idea, Powell said that Blair told Trimble to ‘get lost’.

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Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble objected to Tourism Ireland having powers to run advertising campaigns in Britain encouraging visitors to the island of Ireland. The highly successful ...

Firefighters have extinguished a blaze at a church in Antrim. The fire broke out at the All Saints Parish Church in the High Street area of the town shortly before 2.30pm. Two appliances from the ...

Police are investigating an arson attack in Antrim after a car was set on fire. The incident occurred in the Edenvale Park area around 12.55am on Friday. PSNI officers attended, alongside the ...

The Northern Ireland secretary knew for “some months ... of direct rule when then-first minister and UUP leader David Trimble threatened to collapse the administration. Minutes from a phone ...