Paisley still saying no to deal

DUP leader Ian Paisley has insisted his party needed more proof the IRA was going to wind up before they would sign up to any deal.

DUP leader Ian Paisley has insisted his party needed more proof the IRA was going to wind up before they would sign up to any deal.

The 78-year-old party leader said: “The Prime Minister tells us he believes we shall see very shortly this begin to happen.

“I’m too long in the tooth and I’m too old to be bluffed. We are not going to be bluffed. We say we will believe it when we see it.”

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