Welcome to your Friday update from the News Letter.
* Writing in today's News Letter Peter Robinson says 'Contrast the dignified exit of Ian Paisley as DUP leader with the humiliation of Arlene Foster'.
* Sam McBride looks back at events at that time and how recent events will impact on Edwin Poots as he sets out his plans for the DUP. More than 13 years after the late Ian Paisley was pressured to resign as first minister, Peter Robinson has revealed part of the role which he and other senior DUP figures played in that process.
* Edwin Poots pledges to move on Irish language laws ‘as quickly as possible’. The new DUP leader said he wished to “expedite” the rollout of all outstanding aspects of the New Decade, New Approach (NDNA) deal that re-established powersharing in 2020.
* And Tim McGarry writes in his column: Now that Hillsborough has a royal title, Cultra fears getting an Irish one. There was bad news this week for the Hillsborough branch of Sinn Fein when the village was given the new title of “Royal Hillsborough”.
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More than 13 years after the late Ian Paisley was pressured to resign as first minister, Peter Robinson has revealed part of the role which he and other senior DUP figures played in that process.
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