New evidence suggests that Paisley may have been given a luxury resort in the Maldives, months after advocating on behalf of its government. In July of this year, Ian Paisley Jr was suspended from both the DUP and the House of Commons, for ‘serious misconduct’. This was for failing to declare two family holidays to […]

7 years ago

He has been suspended for taking a holiday with the Sri Lankan government’s money. DUP MP Ian Paisley has been suspended from the House of Commons for 30 days. He has been suspended for going on two separate holidays to Sri Lanka, that were paid for by their government. He later lobbied the then prime […]

8 years ago

The North Antrim MP retweeted a post written by right-wing columnist Katie Hopkins. Ian Paisley Junior has apologised for retweeting a tweet by controversial commentator Katie Hopkins. The loyalist politician shared a tweet with racist undertones penned by Hopkins, referring to the recently published news stating that, in March 2018, London had a higher murder […]

8 years ago

The Democratic Unionist Party MP invited the US President to visit while at a St Patrick’s Day reception at the White House. US President Donald Trump has been invited to visit Northern Ireland by Ian Paisley Jr. The Democratic Unionist Party MP extended an invite to the US President over St Patrick’s Day celebrations at the […]

8 years ago

Last week we showed you the first look at The Journey, and you all got pretty much as excited as we did about it. In the trailer, we got to see Timothy Spall play the DUP’s Ian Paisley and our own Colm Meaney playing the late Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness. The movie follows a fictional […]

9 years ago

It was one of the more unlikely friendships in world politics.

12 years ago