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Peter Robinson

# peter-robinson - Monday 29 April, 2013

Gilmore to visit Northern Ireland to mark 15 years of ‘Good Friday’

The Tánaiste will meet Britain’s Northern Secretary and the First and Deputy First Ministers to discuss continued peace.

# peter-robinson - Wednesday 24 April, 2013

DUP deputy leader hospitalised after falling ill in Westminster

Tests are still being carried out on the north Belfast MP Nigel Dodds.

# peter-robinson - Thursday 17 January, 2013

Gilmore pledges to ‘repair damage done’ as a result of flag protests

The Tánaiste was in Belfast today to meet with Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, along with the First Minister and Deputy First Minister.

# peter-robinson - Thursday 20 December, 2012

Northern Ireland leaders to meet over flag clashes

The heads of the five main political parties will meet to discuss the unrest across Northern Ireland over the past two and a half weeks.

# peter-robinson - Thursday 13 December, 2012

The 9 at 9: Thursday

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Man charged over death threats to Peter Robinson

The 34-year-old man is alleged to have made the threat by phone on Wednesday as tensions remained high in Northern Ireland.

# peter-robinson - Saturday 8 December, 2012

Belfast This post contains videos

Video: Three due in court amid calls for calm following Belfast violence

Three young men will appear in court as the violence over the restricting of the flying of the Union flag at Belfast city hall continues.

# peter-robinson - Friday 7 December, 2012

Hillary Clinton condemns recent violence in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland’s leaders paid tribute to Clinton and her husband for their help building peace in the province.

# peter-robinson - Friday 9 November, 2012

Taoiseach and Tánaiste to attend Remembrance Day ceremonies

Kenny will participate in a service in Eniskillen while the Tánaiste is due to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph in Belfast.

# peter-robinson - Monday 1 October, 2012

Grand Secretary of Orange Order calls image ‘outrageous and unacceptable’

Drew Nelson was responding to a photograph which appeared to show a bandsman urinating outside a Catholic church during Saturday’s marches.

# peter-robinson - Friday 20 July, 2012

Robinson slams burning of Polish flags on Belfast bonfires

Politicians condemn the burners as “bigots”

# peter-robinson - Sunday 1 July, 2012

McGuinness dismisses report of IRA apology

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said that if anyone is going to apologise, then everyone should do it together – including the British government.

# peter-robinson - Wednesday 27 June, 2012

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Pics: Martin McGuinness meets and shakes hands with Queen Elizabeth II

The meeting is a historic and symbolic moment in the North’s peace process.

# peter-robinson - Sunday 24 June, 2012

Column: What is it about North-South relations that leaves us cold?

Dialogue between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic seems limited to transport and tourism, writes David McCann, and the general public is disinterested. So what to do to bring us closer together?

# peter-robinson - Friday 15 June, 2012

Economy and cooperation topping agenda at Farmleigh meeting

The North South Ministerial Council meets in Dublin today to discuss issues of joint concern.

# peter-robinson - Wednesday 16 November, 2011

Peter Robinson threatens to resign over emblem row

Northern Ireland’s First Minister said today that he would resign rather than see the crown or other British symbols removed from the uniforms of prison officers.

# peter-robinson - Saturday 12 November, 2011

Government commit funding to A5 road project

However, the Irish Government will only provide €50 million of the originally-pledged €470 million.

# peter-robinson - Thursday 23 June, 2011

Rory McIlroy ‘saddened’ by renewed violence in Belfast

With tensions remaining high in the city last night, the US Open champion has said: “Northern Ireland deserves peace.”

# peter-robinson - Monday 20 June, 2011

Economy the focus of Taoiseach’s London visit

Wind farms on Ireland’s west coast will also be on the agenda.

# peter-robinson - Friday 10 June, 2011

New governments North and South of the border to hold talks in Dublin

The coalition government will take part in its first North-South Ministerial Council meeting at Farmleigh House today.

# peter-robinson - Thursday 9 June, 2011

Cameron makes historic address to Stormont assembly

David Cameron meets Northern Irish political leaders in Stormont, becoming the second PM since devolution to address the House.

# peter-robinson - Friday 27 May, 2011

Iris Robinson and council cleared over contract to former lover

An independent investigation found that there was no wrongdoing by Iris Robinson or Castlereagh Borough Council over the awarding of a contract to Kirk McCambley, Robinson’s former lover.

# peter-robinson - Monday 16 May, 2011

Northern Ireland’s new ministers confirmed in Stormont

Six of the ministries in the Northern Ireland Executive change party hands, as the DUP and Sinn Féin retain the prize positions.

# peter-robinson - Sunday 8 May, 2011

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All 108 Northern assembly seats filled as UUP leader labels Sinn Féin as ‘scum’

Negotiations to form an executive are expected to get underway as the Ulster Unionist Party leader comes under fire for comments about Sinn Féin at a count centre.

# peter-robinson - Friday 6 May, 2011

Counting underway in fourth elections to Stormont Assembly

The DUP and Sinn Féin are expected to remain the biggest parties in Stormont – with a minor chance of Sinn Féin coming out on top.

# peter-robinson - Friday 22 April, 2011

Police make ‘significant’ arrests as ex-provos claims responsibility for Kerr murder

The news of the arrests comes on the day that a new dissident republican group claims responsibility for the murder of PC Ronan Kerr three weeks ago.

# peter-robinson - Saturday 12 March, 2011

The 9 at 9: Saturday

The nine things you need to know by 9am, including the latest on fears of a nuclear meltdown in Japan, after an explosion at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

# peter-robinson - Friday 18 February, 2011

Families of Ballymurphy victims meet First Minister Peter Robinson

Those who lost loved ones in 1971 mass killings continue with campaign for independent inquiry into the deaths of eleven people.

# peter-robinson - Wednesday 15 December, 2010

Stormont Executive approves budget cut plan

Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson have hailed the agreement as a ‘first class budget’.

# peter-robinson - Monday 25 October, 2010

Stormont recalled from break for emergency debate on cutbacks

The Northern Irish assembly abrupts its mid-term break to discuss George Osborne’s £4bn cut to the Stormont budget.