Former deputy prime minister John Prescott, ex-Tory leader Michael Howard and former Northern Ireland first minister Ian Paisley are among more than 50 senior figures elevated to the House of Lords today.
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Telegraph on 28th May 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The former first minister of Northern Ireland, Ian Paisley, is made a peer in the Dissolution Honours List.
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BBCPolitics on 28th May 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Asked if the Prime Minister supported the vigil taking place outside the House of Commons this afternoon in support of the peace rallies in Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister was supportive of anything that signified the unity of the communities and political groupings in Northern Ireland against the violent acts we had seen in the past few days. or...
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DowningStreetSays on 12th Mar 2009 (via downingstreetsays.com)
FORMER Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley will not seek re-election in the forthcoming general election, it was revealed today.
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Scotsman on 2nd Mar 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
Former Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley will not seek re-election in the forthcoming general election.
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Telegraph on 2nd Mar 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
FORMER Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley will not seek re-election in the general election, he confirmed yesterday, bringing to an end an era in politics in the pr
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Scotsman on 3rd Mar 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
The Rev Ian Paisley, the former first minister of Northern Ireland, has been made a peer in the dissolution honours, the government has announced.
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Telegraph on 28th May 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
On the surface, David Cameron is the first Prime Minister in generations for whom ‘The Ireland Question” is down the list of priorities. The Good Friday Agreement has been a glorious success, with the recent devolving of policing powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly the final piece of the power-sharing jigsaw and the birth of a
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 10th Jun 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
John Prescott, Sir Ian Blair, the controversial former police chief, and Floella Benjamin, the children's television presenter, are among the colourful characters named as new members of the House of Lords.
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Telegraph on 28th May 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
On Northern Ireland, as we were saying this morning, Shaun Woodward was emphasising that there appeared to be a small number of criminals behind these murderous acts. The PMS said that Shaun Woodward had used the word criminals regardless of how these people chose to describe themselves. It had been very clear from the Prime Minister s and Northern Ireland Secretary s visit to Northern Ireland yes...
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DowningStreetSays on 11th Mar 2009 (via downingstreetsays.com)