In a rousing speech to his party's annual conference in Belfast yesterday, DUP leader Ian Paisley pledged to combat republicanism to the death.

Ian Paisley today pledged to go into peace talks with Sinn Féin once all IRA weapons are destroyed.

Sinn Féin and the IRA will be abandoned from Northern Ireland’s political process if they do not give up terrorism, the Democratic Unionists warned today.

DUP holds annual conference in Belfast