The violent expression of indignation by loyalists and Orange Order members at the sight of the Lord Mayor of Belfast Máirtín Ó Muilleoir visiting the Shankill Road is nothing more than a grotesque display of raw sectarianism.

Members of Paisley’s Free Presbyterian Church will tonight decide if he will be replaced as leader of the denomination.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister the Rev Ian Paisley was not pushed into stepping down as head of the Free Presbyterian Church, a spokesperson for the leader said today.

COMMENTING on DUP criticism of the proposed Northern Assembly link between the UUP and David Ervine’s PUP, Peter Molloy (Irish Examiner letters, May 19) reminds us of the actions of DUP leader Ian Paisley in assembling 500 men in military formation holding aloft gun licences in 1981.