DUP plans recruitment drive after UUP defections

The Rev Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists today confirmed that they would embark on a recruitment drive across Northern Ireland following the defection of three former Ulster Unionist Assembly Members.

Mr Paisley welcomed the decision of Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson and two other ex-Ulster Unionists, Arlene Foster and Norah Beare, to join his Assembly team.