Founding DUP member resigns over power-sharing deal

A founding member of the DUP has resigned from the party in protest at its plans to share power with Sinn Féin in May.

A founding member of the DUP has resigned from the party in protest at its plans to share power with Sinn Féin in May.

Roy Gillespie, a party member for more than 40 years, is the third DUP councillor in Ballymena to resign in recent weeks.

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