Former Ulster Unionist leader James Molyneaux dies aged 94

Tributes have been paid to former Ulster Unionist Party leader James Molyneaux who has died at the age of 94.

Former Ulster Unionist leader James Molyneaux dies aged 94

The current UUP leader Mike Nesbitt hailed James Molyneaux for bringing stability to his party and country during bloody and turbulent years in Northern Ireland. James Molyneaux led the UUP from 1979 to 1995.

Serving in the RAF during the Second World War, he was also among the first British servicemen to enter the liberated Bergen Belsen concentration camp in 1945.

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