Increasingly bullish Sir Jeffrey Donaldson willing to collapse Stormont over Irish Sea border, his camp says

Jun 22, 2021

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In other news:

* Covid grant of £1.5m to Royal County Down Golf Club despite ‘significant bank balance’.
A Covid-19 hardship fund for sporting organisations in Northern Ireland has been criticised for not taking bank balances and reserves held by applicants into account.

* Veterans charity rejects Sinn Fein claim that Armed Forced Covenant is fully operational in Northern Ireland.
A veterans charity has insisted that the UK Military Covenant is not being implemented properly in NI, after Sinn Fein appeared to suggest it was.

* Stormont to turn blue for NI parliament’s centenary.
Stormont will be illuminated tonight to mark the centenary of the opening of Northern Ireland’s first parliament.

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	Increasingly bullish Sir Jeffrey Donaldson willing to collapse Stormont over Irish Sea border, his camp says

	Sources close to Sir Jeffrey Donaldson have for the third time briefed that he is prepared to collapse Stormont, signalling a new phase in which both the DUP and Sinn Fein see walking away from government as a negotiating tactic.

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