Unionists 'will block Irish language bid'

The Democratic Unionists will block any bid to have an Irish Language Act passed in the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Rev Ian Paisley insisted today.

In a two-page letter to colleagues marking the first 100 days of the Stormont executive, Mr Paisley assured Democratic Unionists the party’s three Privy Council members were also using their position to assess the republican movement’s commitment to the rule of law.