PUP leader’s move prompts row among unionist parties

The Democratic Unionist Party in the North is now refusing to share power with the Ulster Unionists following PUP leader David Irvine's decision to join the latter's Assembly grouping.

Mr Irvine is aligning himself with the UUP in the newly-reconvened Stormont Assembly as part of a move designed to ensure unionist dominance of any power-sharing Executive.