Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... old fashioned. As a follow up to Mick's blog (itself from Ignited ) of a couple of weeks ago about Nigel Dodds being the DUP's candidate for MEP I have heard rumours that there is a short list headed by himself, then Jeffrey Donaldson, then Edwin Poots. The disadvantages to going off to Europe are obvious. However: Tis an ill wind that blows no good.
Redemption's Son (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
I do like my rumours and gossip so I'd thought I'd share the most recent whispering game that has been going about the political circles. Nigel Dodds MP MLA OBE will be the DUP candidate to contest the European Election in June 2009. Talk about a big hitter. Discuss.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Democratic Unionist MP Nigel Dodds said the province’s political parties were “united” in their opposition to any relaxation of the law. He was speaking ahead of debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill due later this month. A cross-party group of MPs, led by Labour’s Diane Abbott, will attempt to force the change to the abortion laws by tabling an amendment to the Bill....
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
... two sides accused each other of causing the deadlock.
Democratic Unionist deputy leader Nigel Dodds said Sinn Fein was to blame because it blocked another planned Cabinet meeting Thursday, and the Cabinet could not agree on policy papers that the planned summit required.
"Such behavior is the sole reason why no meeting will occur," said Dodds, who is also Northern...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
... two sides accused each other of causing the deadlock.Democratic Unionist deputy leader Nigel Dodds said Sinn Fein was to blame because it blocked another planned Cabinet meeting Thursday, and the Cabinet could not agree on policy papers that the planned summit required."Such behavior is the sole reason why no meeting will occur," said Dodds, who is also Northern Ireland's finance...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
... two sides accused each other of causing the deadlock.Democratic Unionist deputy leader Nigel Dodds said Sinn Fein was to blame because it blocked another planned Cabinet meeting Thursday, and the Cabinet could not agree on policy papers that the planned summit required."Such behavior is the sole reason why no meeting will occur," said Dodds, who is also Northern Ireland's finance...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
... meets but about the commitment of the DUP to partnership and equality".DUP Minister for Finance Nigel Dodds rejected the Sinn Féin argument. "It is a legal requirement and prerequisite for a North-South Ministerial Council meeting to take place that the papers are approved by the Northern Ireland Executive," he said."In light of the fact that there was an Executive meeting scheduled...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
... The two sides accused each other of causing the deadlock. Democratic Unionist deputy leader Nigel Dodds said Sinn Fein was to blame because it blocked another planned Cabinet meeting Thursday, and the Cabinet could not agree on policy papers that the planned summit required. “No one should be under any doubts that it is Sinn Fein's refusal to place north-south papers on the executive...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
THE MAKERS of the BBC1 documentary about the 1983 Maze prison escape were more interested in providing republicans with a platform on which to boast of their deeds than in a proper and balanced assessment of the escape, DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds has claimed.
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Ignited over at Redemptions’s Son has an unconfirmed rumour that Nigel Dodds is going to run as the DUP’s candidate for next year’s European elections. That’s an interesting thought, but as the selection meeting has yet to take place probably previous. Not that there hasn’t been a great deal of internal speculation over who might (or might not) go for it. Two other names being bandied...
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Counting in the Enniskillen council by-election following the death of the DUP's Joe Dodds - father of the party's deputy leader, Nigel Dodds.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
... at this and end what is little more than a post code lottery.” The comments come only a week after Nigel Dodds, Northern Ireland’s finance minister, attacked supermarkets for failing to offer their cheapest prices to every customer. Two months ago Tesco agreed to cut prices in Inverness after a local MP complained that its prices were 4p higher than in neighbouring Elgin. A Tesco...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
... to block the co-option of a DUP candidate to the council after the death last summer of Joe Dodds, father of Minister for Finance Nigel Dodds. In a pointed reference to the DUP decision to run a Minister in a local council byelection, he said: "We came up against a very strong candidate in a Minister," and claimed his transfers had enabled her election. But Mrs Foster, a former...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
The vacancy arose following the death of DUP councillor Joe Dodds, father of finance minister Nigel Dodds. Six candidates are standing for election including industry minister Arlene Foster, a former member of the Enniskillen-based council. The election is Peter Robinson's first since he was confirmed as DUP leader in May, taking over from the Rev Ian Paisley. Ulster Unionist Basil...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
... and justice was reflected in the failure of First Minister Peter Robinson and Minister of Finance Nigel Dodds to applaud when the prime minister finished his address.“Not one iota has changed on our position to policing and justice. The modalities are not in place for movement on policing and justice and there isn’t political confidence for such a move now,” said a senior DUP spokesman...
