DUP delegates’ historic address to parliamentary body'

FOUR members of Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party are to join politicians from across Ireland and Britain for the first time later this month at a major conference in the Republic.

The party has never before taken part in a meeting of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body (BIIPB) despite seats being reserved for it when it was founded 16 years ago.

The DUP delegation will be led by the party’s deputy leader, Peter Robinson, and includes three other Westminster MPs, Iris Robinson, Nigel Dodds and Jeffrey Donaldson.