Ireland
DUP to end 16-year BIIPB boycott
Tuesday, 11 April 2006
The Democratic Unionist Party is to end its 16-year boycott of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body.
The party will send a delegation to the organisation's meeting in Killarney, Co Kerry, later this month.
The BIIPB comprises parliamentarians from all parts of Britain and Ireland and was set up after the Anglo Irish Agreement. However, unionists have consistently shunned the body.
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The DUP decision to send a delegation, headed by Deputy Leader Peter Robinson, will be seen as evidence of a further thaw in the party's attitude in advance of next month's meeting of the reconvened Stormont Assembly.
Audio & Video
- News At One: Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor, analyses the significance of the DUP's decision to end a 16-year boycott of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body and attend its next meeting in Kerry
- Nine News: Michael Fisher reports on the upcoming meeting of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body
- Six One News: Michael Fisher reports on the end of the DUP's 16-year boycott of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body as three senior party members are appointed to the House Of Lords in Westminster
- One News: Michael Fisher reports as four prominent unionists are appointed to the House of Lords
