SF attacks DUP over peerages

The Democratic Unionist Party was today accused of being more fixated on securing peerages than tackling real issues affecting their Assembly constituents.

SF attacks DUP over peerages

The Democratic Unionist Party was today accused of being more fixated on securing peerages than tackling real issues affecting their Assembly constituents.

On the day when three DUP members including Ian Paisley’s wife Eileen became the party’s first working life peers, Sinn Féin general secretary Mitchel McLaughlin said it was absurd the party had spent its time in the lead position within unionism lobbying the British government for seats in the House of Lords.

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