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DUP councillor suspended over comments on kids' GAA tournament • Apr. 9, 2025, 8:23 AM ET (BBC)
David Tweed: Pensioner accused of causing death of former Ireland rugby player • Apr. 4, 2025, 4:54 AM ET (BBC)
DUP to put ‘marker down’ at Executive against Irish language signs at Belfast’s Grand Central Station • Mar. 30, 2025, 4:48 AM ET (Irish Times)
TUV conference: Jim Allister says unionism weakened by DUP 'Brexit blunders' • Mar. 29, 2025, 8:25 AM ET (BBC)

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Also Known As DUP • Ulster Democratic Unionist Party
Date 1971 - present
Related People Ian Paisley • Peter David Robinson

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