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# arlene-foster - Sunday 24 November, 2019
Foster calls for more Stormont talks and says she's 'saddened' by Prince Andrew controversy
The DUP leader also shared her thoughts on an Irish unity poll.
# arlene-foster - Tuesday 19 November, 2019
Arlene Foster challenges Sinn Féin to condemn IRA shooting of her father
The DUP leader also called on the republican party to condemn a murder attempt on DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds.
# arlene-foster - Saturday 2 November, 2019
'I'm not backwards': How the DUP hopes to inspire a new generation of unionists
The party has traditionally struggled to appeal to young voters.
# arlene-foster - Wednesday 30 October, 2019
Northern parties welcome general election as a 'chance to reject Westminster chaos'
The UK will go to the polls on 12 December.
# arlene-foster - Sunday 27 October, 2019
Foster says Taoiseach's recent comments were 'detrimental to unionist-Fine Gael relationships'
The DUP leader said there is a feeling that unionist concerns about the Withdrawal Agreement are being dismissed.
# arlene-foster - Saturday 26 October, 2019
With an election looming, the DUP experiments with self-reflection
There was little sense of pre-election excitement at the DUP party conference.
The DUP is 'ready' for an election, says Arlene Foster
The DUP conference took place in Belfast today.
# arlene-foster - Friday 25 October, 2019
Foster blames Varadkar for 'setting precedent' with comments that could stoke loyalist violence
Foster told PA that some loyalists were contemplating violent resistance to any Brexit deal.
# arlene-foster - Saturday 19 October, 2019
'They've lost every battle': The rise and fall of the DUP's Brexit strategy
“Everything they’ve touched has turned to dust. They’ve lost every battle.”
# arlene-foster - Friday 18 October, 2019
DUP says voting against Brexit deal 'not the end of the game'
Arlene Foster wrote in the Belfast Telegraph that she was not looking for a ‘perfect’ deal.
# arlene-foster - Sunday 13 October, 2019
Timeline: How the DUP went from 'blood red lines' to a Brexit compromise
The DUP position changed dramatically when Boris Johnson published his Brexit plan.
# arlene-foster - Friday 11 October, 2019
Arlene Foster warns Johnson of DUP 'influence' amid speculation of Brexit compromise
There have been renewed hopes that a deal can be reached after Leo Varadkar met Boris Johnson yesterday.
# arlene-foster - Monday 30 September, 2019
DUP would consider 'time-limited backstop' amid last-ditch attempt to get Brexit deal
Arlene Foster has insisted there remains a chance of reaching a deal before 31 October.
# arlene-foster - Thursday 19 September, 2019
Taoiseach expected to meet Boris Johnson in New York next week
“It is now time for Boris Johnson to produce his own proposals in writing – if they exist,” Finland’s prime minister Antti Rinne earlier said.
# arlene-foster - Wednesday 18 September, 2019
Arlene Foster suggests she is open to special arrangements for North as part of Brexit deal
The DUP leader made the suggestion to journalists in Dublin this evening.
# arlene-foster - Friday 13 September, 2019
'UK must leave as one nation': Foster refutes reports the DUP would accept Irish Sea checks
The London Times reports that the DUP is prepared to accept the North abiding by some EU rules post-Brexit.
# arlene-foster - Monday 5 August, 2019
How no-deal Brexit makes direct rule nearly inevitable in Northern Ireland
A no-deal Brexit could spell the return of direct rule to Northern Ireland.
# arlene-foster - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
Mary Lou McDonald says she told Boris Johnson 'to make sure he's not the DUP's gofer'
DUP leader Arlene Foster said that Johnson told them “talk of a border poll is not something he’s interested in entertaining”.
# arlene-foster - Friday 28 June, 2019
Willie Frazer, victims campaigner and organiser of Dublin 'Love Ulster' march, dies aged 58
Frazer was a well-known figure in Northern Irish politics as a campaigner for victims of republic violence.
# arlene-foster - Sunday 5 May, 2019
Fresh talks hope to revive power-sharing ... but marriage equality remains a major stumbling block
Sinn Féin has called on the UK and Irish governments to step in and take the reins if the new round of talks fail.
# arlene-foster - Friday 3 May, 2019
Alison Bennington becomes DUP's first openly gay candidate to be elected
Arlene Foster has said Bennington’s election doesn’t mean there will be a shift in the party’s policy on same-sex marriage.
# arlene-foster - Saturday 27 April, 2019
White House welcomes new talks to restore Northern Ireland power-sharing executive
Talks are set to commence following the local elections in Northern Ireland next week.
# arlene-foster - Wednesday 24 April, 2019
'Why in God's name does it take the death of a 29-year-old woman to get to this point?' - priest challenges politicians on NI stalemate
It’s been over two years since the Northern Ireland institutions collapsed. With no functioning government,
# arlene-foster - Friday 5 April, 2019
'Compromise requires change': Labour says May not offering any changes to Brexit deal
Labour is pushing May to accept a much closer post-Brexit alliance with the bloc.
# arlene-foster - Friday 29 March, 2019
'Come on Arlene!': How the British papers are covering the latest Brexit twist
MPs will vote on Theresa May’s deal for a third time today.
# arlene-foster - Friday 15 March, 2019
Is the DUP moving from 'no' to yes? Dodds says they've had constructive talks with ministers
Brexiteer Jacob Rees Mogg said that he would support Theresa May’s deal if the DUP agreed to vote for it.
# arlene-foster - Monday 11 March, 2019
Foster slams US mayor's award that pays tribute to McGuinness's 'military service'
The posthumous award from San Francisco’s mayor said it was to honour McGuinness’ “courageous service in the military”.
# arlene-foster - Friday 22 February, 2019
Arlene Foster calls for 'neighbourliness' as she poses with Shane Ross in the Ballroom of Romance
The pair were in Leitrim today to launch a new stretch of a greenway linking Sligo, Leitrim and Fermanagh.
# arlene-foster - Tuesday 15 January, 2019
Arlene Foster criticised over assertion that 'we never had a hard border'
Foster insisted it was “a bit of a nonsense, frankly, to talk about a hard border”.
# arlene-foster - Monday 3 December, 2018
'Incredibly unusual times': DUP and Labour alliance described as 'strange, perhaps unholy'
The parties both want Theresa May to publish the legal advice she received about Brexit.
# arlene-foster - Sunday 25 November, 2018
Arlene Foster: If backstop isn't removed, Brexit deal won't get DUP support
“Bin it, junk the backstop” – the hard-fought-for Irish assurance could be the reason the Brexit deal won’t be passed.
# arlene-foster - Saturday 24 November, 2018
Boris quotes Van Morrison as he criticises backstop deal at DUP conference
Johnson said the UK is “on the verge of making a historic mistake” if it backs the draft Brexit agreement.
# arlene-foster - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
'Consequences were inevitable': DUP flexes muscles and votes against Tories in Brexit row
Sammy Wilson MP said that the decision was taken to show the party’s ‘displeasure’.
# arlene-foster - Friday 16 November, 2018
Simon Coveney hits out at 'idiots' who booed God Save the Queen at Northern Ireland match
The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland played at the Aviva Stadium last night.
# arlene-foster - Friday 9 November, 2018
'No unionist can support that': Foster says DUP will not back proposal for border in Irish Sea
In a letter leaked to the media, Theresa May suggested a proposal to have a Northern Ireland specific backstop.
'Alarm bells' ringing for DUP as May letter raises prospect of EU customs border in Irish Sea
The DUP leader has said that a leaked letter raised “alarm bells for those who value the integrity of our precious union..”
# arlene-foster - Monday 15 October, 2018
Taoiseach warns Brexit negotiations could stretch into December
The Tániaste said a time limit on the backstop is not a runner.
# arlene-foster - Sunday 14 October, 2018
Last-ditch Brexit talks break down in Brussels as all eyes turn to crunch summit
The prospect of a no-deal Brexit is increasing as agreement remains elusive.
# arlene-foster - Tuesday 9 October, 2018
Leaders play down hope of Brexit breakthrough as Arlene Foster meets Michel Barnier
British and Irish leaders have said negotiations will continue until at least November.
# arlene-foster - Tuesday 2 October, 2018
Arlene Foster says the Good Friday Agreement can be changed. Is she right?
“I have respect for Arlene, but she is wrong on this,” Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said.
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SELF-DRIVING CARS could be coming to Irish roads.
The government is set to consider a proposal today to allow self-driving cars to be tested on public roads.
RTÉ News reports that the legislation will aim to change the law so that self-driving cars can legally be tested in Ireland on public roads.
There have been concerns about any potential use of self-driving cars. While it could be years before self-driving cars are a common sight in the country, legal experts have been discussing issues around criminal liability in relation to autonomous vehicles.
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