Paisley future in doubt as son quits

THE future of the North’s First Minister, Ian Paisley, was last night in doubt after his son quit the power-sharing government at Stormont.

In what was arguably the biggest blow suffered by the Paisley political dynasty, the Democratic Unionist leader’s son Ian Jnr stepped down as a junior minister in the Executive.

In a statement read outside Stormont Castle insisting he was not resigning because of wrongdoing, Mr Paisley Jnr declared: “Personal criticisms, unfounded allegations, innuendo, attacks on me personally (have been) followed by ombudsman’s reports that have cleared me.