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03/07/2006
Baroness Paisley to take seat in Lords
The wife of DUP leader Ian Paisley is to be the latest member of the House of Lords to take her seat.
Eileen Paisley, will be known as Baroness Paisley of St George`s, the name of the Belfast City Council ward where she was first elected in 1967.
Baroness Paisley was appointed to the House of Lords in April along with two other DUP colleagues, former Lord Mayor of Belfast Wallace Browne and the party's chairman Maurice Morrow.
The three, who were the party's first ever members to be appointed to the Lords, were accompanied by former UUP leader, David Trimble.
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Eileen Paisley, will be known as Baroness Paisley of St George`s, the name of the Belfast City Council ward where she was first elected in 1967.
Baroness Paisley was appointed to the House of Lords in April along with two other DUP colleagues, former Lord Mayor of Belfast Wallace Browne and the party's chairman Maurice Morrow.
The three, who were the party's first ever members to be appointed to the Lords, were accompanied by former UUP leader, David Trimble.
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DUP unveil 'corporate' NI Assembly proposals
The Democratic Unionist Party has unveiled short-term proposals to reconstitute the NI Assembly without ministers. The hardline unionist party has revealed a plan that would appear to circumvent some of the many problems that face the British and Irish governments who are currently attempting to get a power-sharing Assembly back on course.
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