Lord Bannside, better known as the Rev Ian Paisley, is in intensive care in Belfast with heart problems. Aged 85, he has been prominent in Northern Ireland politics for more than half a century.
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Heart concerns for Rev Ian Paisley
Monday 06 February 2012
The Rev Ian Paisley is in intensive care tonight after suffering from acute heart problems.
Second man held over Pc murder
Thursday 07 April 2011
Detectives investigating the murder of a Catholic policeman in Northern Ireland arrested a second man today.
Ian Paisley Jr: 'I've always been proud of dad – and proud to bear his name'
Monday 12 July 2010
His father transformed Irish politics, and now Ian Paisley Jr is making his mark at Westminster. David McKittrick meets him
Brown sets timetable for his departure – and puts Labour back in the game
Tuesday 11 May 2010
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Friday 07 May 2010
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Stormont's First Minister Peter Robinson unseated after year of scandal
Friday 07 May 2010
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Ian Paisley to step down
Tuesday 02 March 2010
Former Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley will not seek re-election in the forthcoming general election, it was revealed today.
DUP welcomed sex abuser Brian Hutchinson back to party
Monday 25 January 2010
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Police probe financial affairs of Mrs Robinson
Friday 22 January 2010
The Iris Robinson affair took on a new dimension in Belfast last night when it was announced that Northern Ireland police are launching an inquiry into her tangled financial dealings.
Robinson affair may hasten policing deal
Friday 15 January 2010
Chastened DUP ready to talk over ceding control of justice to Belfast
Belfast deal in the balance
Wednesday 13 January 2010
The Northern Ireland Secretary, Shaun Woodward, and the Irish Foreign Minister, Michael Martin, were due to meet last night to try to end the political deadlock in Belfast in the aftermath of the Iris Robinson scandal. So far no agreement on the devolution of policing and justice has been made.
Leading article: One man in the thick of it
Tuesday 12 January 2010
The Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward is right to point out that the peace process is bigger than any one man. It has had many pivotal figures, who at different times were probably indispensable, including John Hume, Gerry Adams, Tony Blair, Bertie Ahern and the Rev Ian Paisley. But most of these once-crucial figures have now departed the political scene, leaving one particular figure in the thick of it.
David McKittrick: Grassroots will decide if leader survives
Tuesday 12 January 2010
The Democratic Unionist Party anxiously played for time yesterday in an effort to take some of the heat and fevered excitement out of the scandal which has engulfed its leader Peter Robinson and his family.
Support drains from Robinson
Monday 11 January 2010
Deafening silence among fellow DUP members angered by revelations about leader's wife
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