Democratic Unionist Party

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

‘I don’t want to go back to that’: Fears ‘reignited’ among PSNI staff following Dunmurry attack

Union representative Tracey Godfrey ‘inundated’ with calls from civilian workers since speaking publicly about concerns

Six years after War of Independence centenary row, Royal Irish Constabulary memorial unveiled

Plan for monument stalled in Republic after backlash, but one now stands at Newtownards, Co Down

Unionists and Sinn Féin are like Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael – desperate to be loved

Populist giveaways and overstaffing are costing Northern Ireland a shocking €3.3bn a year

‘Deep dive’ into former NI police ombudsman appointment urged as part of Peter Mandelson review

Marie Anderson selected for role in 2019 ‘despite security concerns’, says DUP’s Gavin Robinson

Sinn Féin swaps cynical populism for pragmatism on Northern Ireland property tax rises

Some thought has gone into the psychology of carefully boiling the fiscal frog

Absence of religious fervour in debate about Sunday shopping in North is suspicious

The classic image of Sunday closure in Northern Ireland is of unionist councils chaining up playground swing in the 1960s – the non-swinging '60s

Starmer calls for more UK-Irish co-operation in ‘age of dramatic uncertainty’

UK PM arrives in Cork after addressing fuel cost concerns in North

Gerry Adams case: Berets and woolly geansaí in focus as Reeling in the Years graces London court

Three men injured in IRA attacks suing former Sinn Féin president, alleging he was in group and sat on army council

Call for Ireland to apologise for the Troubles is a desperate stretch

Jon Burrows’s comparison between Bloody Sunday and Ireland’s failure to extradite terrorists will have offended nationalists and left unionists bemused

Ireland should apologise for ‘unjustifiable conduct’ during Troubles, says new UUP leader

Jon Burrows criticises ‘double standard on legacy’, but stresses respect and good relationships

DUP’s crackdown on welfare fraud in Northern Ireland should be just a first step

Stormont could take proper control of large parts of the benefits system, as Scotland did a decade ago

Is it too early for byelections fever?

Inside Politics: Busy week sees new opinion poll and the President in Northern Ireland

Catherine Connolly hits right notes during visit to hidden ‘jewel’ of Derry

President meets Bloody Sunday families, visits Siege Museum, praises city for showing ‘path to peace’

‘John O’Dowd pints’ proved the final straw for Sinn Féin in pub and hotel rates row

Why does the party govern in Northern Ireland as if it is afraid of its own shadow?

Trial of Jeffrey and Eleanor Donaldson on child sex offences expected to begin in May

Proceedings expected to last four weeks after delays due to deterioration in the mental health of Eleanor

Stormont Minister breached ministerial code with social media post, report finds

Commissioner says Gordon Lyons’s actions had potential of ‘heightening tensions’ during rioting in North last year

Sinn Féin’s refusal to levy a charge on water is pathetic

If well-off homeowners paid a wealth tax equivalent to a cup of coffee a month, there would be more houses, jobs and a cleaner environment

Irish government ‘right’ on concerns over discredited North legacy law, British MPs told

Commons approves remedies as legislation on immunity for Troubles-era killings breaches human rights

UUP considers DUP invitation to unionist co-operation talks

Past agreements have aimed to maximise unionist vote and secure seats in certain constituencies

Turning Newry into a Dublin dormitory town: now there’s an idea

A new house that might sell for €400,000 in Mullingar would be €150,000 cheaper north of the Border

DUP sent ‘particularly narrow-minded bunch’ to cross-border young politicians’ gathering

Hardliners placed political pamphlets on chairs and walked out of Dick Spring speech

PSNI chief warns of ‘dangerously low’ numbers in force: ‘No votes in funding the police here’

Jon Boutcher says Northern devolution has failed the force, with budget stuck at 2010 levels

Religious education syllabus in North to be reformed after supreme court ruling

DUP Minister for Education Paul Givan confirms rework after exclusively Christian teaching found unlawful

Unionists outdoing each other on questions about nativity plays and witchcraft in schools

Ruling on religion in schools has handed unionists a whole new culture war playground

Irish legislation on Northern Ireland legacy issues to follow UK ‘swiftly’

Recent joint Dublin-London framework will replace controversial Legacy Act introduced in 2020

First class honours for Catherine Connolly for her ‘astounding’ Irish grammar

Plus: Calendar clash between the President and Remembrance, the worst job in Ireland and a non-cancelled Limerick Christmas market

Northern Ireland’s long argument over Irish language is either going to end or get worse

An Irish language commissioner, an Ulster Scots commissioner and an Office of Identity and Cultural Expression have just been appointed, a classic three legged stool

DUP’s Paul Givan facing no-confidence motion in Stormont after trip to Israel

Minister among unionist MLAs who took part in fact-finding visit at invitation of Israeli government

‘Is Orange a proxy for Prod?’ - what the presidential election says about a united Ireland

Abuse of Heather Humphreys will feed into unity debate in Northern Ireland

Why are the parties of Northern Ireland’s centre at each other’s throats?

If Alliance, SDLP and UUP cannot offer alternative to Sinn Féin-DUP, it is hard to see what they are for

DUP leader rounds on Republic’s ‘intolerance of Protestant culture’, dismisses Irish unity

Members of Burke family protest outside party’s annual conference in Belfast

Belfast Agreement referendum vote ‘saved’ by U2’s concert, new book says

UUP leader David Trimble initially refused to take off his jacket, saying: ‘I don’t do that’

Scotland shows how an apparently unstoppable national cause can stall when mishandled by one party

Northern unionists might dare to dream of a similar outcome but SNP's legacy offers a mixed lesson

Don’t expect votes for 16-year-olds to change the world. It’s the 25-35s who are the rebels

As the Scottish independence referendum showed, young first-time voters can be surprisingly conservative

UK move to lower voting age to 16 unlikely to be in place for Northern Irish elections

First Minister Michelle O’Neill says UK law change is a ‘step forward for democracy’ but DUP opposes lowering voting age

PSNI given emergency Stormont cash to tackle anti-immigration riots

All parties in executive ‘on the same page’ in condemning ‘violent racism’, Michelle O’Neill said

The DUP couldn’t have chosen a worse moment to get tough on immigration

The party may have unleashed sentiments that carry it swiftly to the right

‘Significant deterioration’ in the mental health of Eleanor Donaldson, court hears

It remains unclear if the wife of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson will be fit to stand trial

BBC faces legal costs bill of more than €3m after jury finds it defamed Gerry Adams

Former Sinn Féin president said he took case to ‘put manners on British Broadcasting Corporation’

Republic and Northern Ireland must co-operate to attract foreign direct investment to border counties, says Taoiseach

ESRI research highlights ‘huge untapped potential’ that exists for all-island co-operation

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