Posted By: January 21, 2017
Brendan Hughes. Irish News. Saturday, 21, 2017The DUP was under fresh pressure last night after it emerged a special adviser who resigned during the RHI scandal is in line for a taxpayer-funded ‘golden handshake’ of up to £45,000.Andrew Crawford announced he was stepping down on Thursday after senior civil servant Andrew McCormick told a Stormont committee he understood that influence was exerted by […]
Posted By: January 21, 2017
Patrick Murphy.Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, January 21, 2017Sinn Féin’s decision to bring down Stormont might best be described as a second ceasefire.In 1994, the IRA announced a carefully managed cessation of violence, opting instead for constitutional politics within Northern Ireland, the state it failed to destroy.Twenty years later, ten as senior partners in government, Sinn Féin has now opted for […]
Posted By: January 21, 2017
O’Neill Vs MurphyAhead of next week’s appointment of Sinn Féin’s new northern leader Political Correspondent John Manley assesses the credentials of the two main contendersMartin McGuinness has indicated that the shortlist for Sinn Féin’s new northern leader has been whittled down to one, and that person will be named next week.For the meantime, that name remains under wraps, but it can be reasonably assumed […]
Posted By: January 21, 2017
Connla Young. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, January 21, 2017 Health Minister Michelle O’Neill is being tipped by some to replace Martin McGuinness ALTHOUGH hotly tipped by some pundits to take over from Martin McGuinness as Sinn Féin’s leader in the north, relatively little is known outside the party about Michelle O’Neill. The 40-year-old health minister has […]
Posted By: January 21, 2017
Irish News Editorial. Belfast. Saturday, January 21, 2017 IT is a measure of the turmoil which has engulfed the DUP that the opportunity to present a sustainable vision for the future of our devolved structures was passed over by all of the party’s senior Assembly figures and seized instead by Ian Paisley, who sits at Westminster rather than Stormont.While some may wonder […]