Paisley odds-on to retire this year

The North's First Minister the Rev Ian Paisley is odds-on to stand down from office this year, a bookmaker claimed today.

On the day that 81-year-old Cuban leader Fidel Castro announced he would no longer be the country’s President, Paddy Power said it was offering odds of 4/5 on the Democratic Unionist leader to stand down this year, the year of his 82nd birthday.