Allister 'dismayed' at SF portfolios

Unionists will be alarmed that Sinn Féin will be in charge again of education in the next Stormont government, a former DUP member claimed today.

Independent unionist MEP Jim Allister, who quit the party last week after Ian Paisley struck a deal for devolution on May 8 with Gerry Adams, also expressed his dismay that Sinn Féin had secured the agriculture portfolio in the next power sharing government.